About
DEENA KONG
Deena was raised in Montreal, Canada and the Washington DC metropolitan area, where Deena now lives with her beloved family. She has over 20 years of government contracting experience specializing in Ethics & Compliance, leading Business Misconduct Investigations, and Targeted Risk Trainings while balancing the joys and demands of Motherhood, Wife, and Homemaker. Her day job in Ethics & Compliance is supported by her passion to educate through the sharing of different perspectives, conversations and experiences.
The transition from Canada to America as a young Asian girl, coupled with English not being her first language (Khmer/Cambodian), inspired Deena to tell this story based on actual events in her debut picture book, Grateful Being Me. Deena aims to encourage self-acceptance, diversity, and inclusion in children by empowering them to share with and relate to one another.
She is an avid reader and book lover (thankful to her parents for making her enroll in speed reading class in high school) and supporter of mindfulness and manifestation techniques. Deena enjoys traveling around the globe with family and friends to experience new cultures, indulge in local cuisine, and explore the sites of different communities.
