 Khang's parents were refugees from the Vietnam War from Laos and came to the United States with their respective families in the 1970s.Khang was born in Brockton, Massachusetts in 1997 and learned the sport from her father.She qualified for the 2012 U.S. Women's Open at the age of 14 She won several events as a junior golfer and played on the Unites States Junior Solheim Cup team in 2015.