While speaking to BYU–Hawaii’s Mongolian students, the United States ambassador to Mongolia advised them to “Tell your stories.” Ambassador Richard Buangan said, “Right now, all Americans know of Mongolia is Genghis Khan, but there is a Mongolia of today and that story needs to be told.” Buangan is from California, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science and economics from Saint Edwards University in Austin, Texas. He speaks French, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese.