Ms. Susan Hammond, the daughter of a U.S. Vietnam veteran, became interested in post-war Southeast Asia after traveling to Vietnam and Cambodia in 1991. In 1996, after earning her MA in International Education from NYU. Ms. Hammond became involved in fostering mutual understanding between the people of the U.S., Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia and addressing the long-term impacts of war while working as the Deputy Director of the Fund for Reconciliation and Development from 1996 to 2007.

In 2007, Ms. Hammond returned to her home state of Vermont and founded War Legacies Project. In 2019, she received the Vietnam Order of Friendship medal for her more than two decades of work in Vietnam.  In this episode, she talks with Law Association for Crimes Across History (LACAH) participants about Agent Orange and Ecocide.