Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Pam a 1973 a abin da ake kira Vietnam ta Kudu. Mahaifinsa injiniya ne a rundunar sojojin Vietnam ta Kudu. A ranar 19 ga Afrilu, 1975, Pham da danginsa sun yi hijira zuwa Amurka kwanaki kafin faduwar Saigon
, tare da mahaifinsa da aka bari a baya yayin kwashe su. Abokin dangi ne ya taimaka musu, wani jakadan mai suna John "Jerry" Edwards, wanda ya rubuta wasika wanda ya ce mahaifin Pham surukinsa ne kuma kyaftin ne, kodayake wannan ba gaskiya bane. Sun zauna a Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center, sun sake haɗuwa da mahaifinsu watanni uku bayan haka kuma suka koma Henrico County, Virginia tare da taimakon Commonwealth Catholic Charities. Shi da iyalinsa sun zauna a wani gida a kan Parham Road, inda suka yi ƙoƙari su koyi Turanci. Duk iyayensa suna aiki ne na mafi ƙarancin albashi kuma sun jaddada wa Pham da 'yan uwansa su yi karatu da aiki tuƙuru. A cikin 1985, bayan shekaru 10 a Amurka, ya zama ɗan ƙasar Amurka kuma ya kammala karatun sakandaren Meadowbrook a 1991. Pham ya kammala karatunsa daga William & Mary Law School a 1995 da kuma Jami'ar Jami'ar Richmond School of Law a 1999. Daga nan ya yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikacin lauya a Kotun Da'irar Henrico County kafin ya zama mai gabatar da kara a ofishin Lauyan Richmond na Commonwealth.