The Do family left Vietnam in 1980 as Vietnamese refugees, fleeing Saigon by boat.

At the age of 19 months, Khoa narrowly escaped death at the hands of Thai pirates.

Khoa Do received a scholarship to attend St Aloysius' College in Milsons Point, graduating in 1996.

[2] Khoa Do has been active in helping the under-privileged in South Western Sydney, especially the Vietnamese community.

While at university he worked as an English teacher and job-seeking-skills volunteer among the youth living in Cabramatta.