Chiraphone Khamphouvong
Director
Office of World Missions
Phone: (626) 812-3025
Email: ckhamphouvong@apu.edu
Chiraphone became the Director for the Office of World Missions on August 2005. A Lao native, Chiraphone escaped with her family of twelve to a Thailand refugee camp before immigrating to the U.S. in 1982.
Chiraphone earned a Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies and minored in Leadership Development, Culture, and Religion at Azusa Pacific University (APU). She served as a Peace Corps volunteer in South Africa with the Zulu people from 1998-2000 as an Education and Community Resource Worker. Upon returning from South Africa, Chiraphone became the Residence Director of Global Village, an international and multicultural living area at APU. In May 2003, she obtained a Master of Arts in Human and Organizational Development from APU’s School of Business and Management and became a Peace Corps recruiter through the Los Angeles Regional Office. Chiraphone is passionate about people, holistic sustainable development, and strives for excellence as a life-long learner and educator across the globe.
