Yan's family are Karen refugees from Burma. He was born in Thailand but he and his mother immigrated to the US when he was very young. He was raised in St. Paul, Minnesota for most of his life and he feels very Minnesotan.
Creator:
Naung, Yan; Yi, Kevin
Created:
2014-03-20 - 2014-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Unity, a Karen refugee from Burma, spent two years living in a refugee camp in Thailand before being resettled to the United States with her father and sister. She lives in St. Paul where she studies English at the Ronald M. Hubbs Center for Lifelong Learning.
Creator:
Muna, Unity
Created:
2015-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Taw Loe Moo, who is Karen, was born in a Thai refugee camp in 1998. His family applied for resettlement to the U.S. in 2009 and finally came to St. Paul, Minnesota in 2011.
Creator:
Moo, Taw Loe
Created:
2016-03-20 - 2016-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Ta Nay Gay was born in Burma. Her family faced restrictions and violence from the Burmese military because they are Karen. Her family left the country for Thailaind in 2006, where they lived in a refugee camp until 2012, when they were resettled in Minnesota. She has four sisters and two brothers.
Creator:
Gay, Ta Nay
Created:
2016-03-20 - 2016-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Saw Eh Tha Dah was born in 2001 in Ban Don Yang Refugee Camp in Thailand. His family was from Burma, but were forced to flee in fear of the government. He and his family moved from the refugee camp to Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Creator:
Dah, Saw
Created:
2018-03-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Paw Mu Sie was born in Thay Baw Boe, a Karen village in Burma. In 1997, her family moved a Thai refugee camp, Nu Poe, where she went to school. Paw and her family came to the United States on January 28, 2012.
Creator:
Sie, Paw
Created:
2015-03-20 - 2015-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Paw Htoo was born in Burma in 1995. In 1997, her family fled to Thailand to escape continued violence perpetuated by Burmese soldiers. She grew up in a Thai refugee camp. Her family came to the United States in 2008 and she is currently a student at St. Paul College.
Creator:
Htoo, Paw
Created:
2015-03-20 - 2015-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Paw Hser Nor Htoo was born in Nue Poe refugee camp in Thailand in 1999. Her parents and sister left Burma in 1997. She and her family were resettled in the United States in 2012.
Creator:
Htoo, Paw Hser Nor
Created:
2016-03-20 - 2016-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Pa Eh Soe was born in Thailand in 1999. Her family moved to the United States in 2010. She is a student at Washington High School in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Creator:
Soe, Pa Eh
Created:
2016-03-20 - 2016-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Nor Pley Htoo was born in 1999 in Ge Lo, Burma. She was born while her family was on the run from the Burmese government. In 2003 they moved to Mae Sruin Refugee camp in Thailand. In 2012 her family moved to Cleveland, Ohio and then again to Saint Paul, Minnesota in 2014.
Creator:
Htoo, Nor Pley
Created:
2018-03-16
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Ni Doh Shee was born in a Thai refugee camp in 1998. His family moved there in 1995 to escape civil war in Burma. He came to the United States in 2011.
Creator:
Shee, Ni Doh
Created:
2016-03-20 - 2016-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Nathan Thin was born in Burma in 1991, and his family left the country in 1992. They left Thailand in 2008 and moved to Arizona in the United States. They moved to Minnesota in 2009. He is a student at Century College studying art.
Creator:
Thin, Nathan
Created:
2015-03-20 - 2015-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Mu Klu Paw was born in the Karen State, Burma, in 1989. Her family was forced to flee their village when she was very young, and she grew up in Thailand, where she attended high school and college. She came to the United States on May 15, 2014.
Creator:
Paw, Mu Klu
Created:
2015-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Ma Hla Nyunt is from Burma. She lived in a refugee camp in Thailand for a long time with her husband and children. Ma Hla was a volunteer in the camp's nursery school. Ma Hla and her children applied for refugee resettlement with her two children, but her husband chose not to come. She came to the United States in 2009. Ma Hla is a student a...
Creator:
Nyunt, Ma Hla
Created:
2015-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Lway Gay Moo was born in Burma in 1997 while her family was on the run from Burmese soldiers. After another outbreak of violence, her family fled the Karen State for a Thai refugee camp in 1998. She and her family came to the United States on August 22, 2013. She is a student at Washington High School in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Creator:
Moo, Lway Gay
Created:
2016-03-20 - 2016-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center