Ahmay Ya was born in Burma in 1987. Her father is a well-known Karen activist, and Ahmay was forced to hide her true identity while growing up. During her final year of university, the Burmese government discovered the truth and she was forced to flee the country. She lived in a Thai refugee camp for several years before coming to the United St...
Creator:
Ya, Ahmay
Contributor:
Venditto, Elizabeth; Yang, Mai (Editor)
Created:
2015-03-20 - 2015-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Amara Baja was born in a refugee camp in Thailand. His family was resettled in the United States on August 10, 2010. The family first lived in Twin Falls, ID before relocating to St. Paul, Minnesota.
Creator:
Baja, Amara
Created:
2016-03-20 - 2016-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Aye Mi San was born in the Karen state of Burma. She has two children, a daughter and a son. She arrived in the United States in December 2015. She currently lives in St. Paul and is a student at the Hubbs Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Creator:
San, Aye Mi
Created:
2015-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Be Mo was born in Burma in 1993 and grew up in a Thai refugee camp. In 2007, her family moved to the United States, living first in Phoenix, AZ and then St. Paul, Minnesota. She is currently a student at St. Paul Community College.
Creator:
Mo, Be
Created:
2015-03-20 - 2015-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Caceelia Moe was born in Chumphon, Thailand, in 1991. Her family moved to Mawker refugee camp in 1992 and Maneeloy refugee camp in 1999. Her family was resettled to St. Paul, Minnesota in 2001.
Creator:
Moe, Caceelia
Created:
2015-09-22 - 2015-12-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Chaw Sein was born in Umpiem Refugee Camp in Thailand in 2000. Her family had left Burma because of war. In 2008, her family resettled in the United States, living in Georgia for three years before moving to Minnesota.
Creator:
Sein, Chaw
Created:
2017-02-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Dee Paw was born in Mae Ka Kee refugee camp in Thailand in 1996. Her family fled the Karen State, Burma in 1995 because of violence. Dee and her family lived in Thai refugee camps, where Dee went to school, until they resettled in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 2013.
Creator:
Paw, Dee
Created:
2017-02-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Eh Ka Pu Moo was born in Burma in 1999. She moved to Thailand when she was two and went to school in a refugee camp. Her family later resettled in the United States and she is a student at Washington High School in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Creator:
Moo, Eh Ka Pu
Created:
2016-03-20 - 2016-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Eh Sar, a Karen refugee, was born in Thailand in 1998. Her older brother and parents were born in Burma, but the family was forced to enter a Thai refugee camp in February 1998. Eh lived in Meh Ka Kan Camp and Mae La Oo Camp before her family resettled in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA in June 2011. She is a student at Washington School.
Creator:
Sar, Eh
Created:
2016-03-20 - 2016-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Enna Say was born in Sa La refugee camp in Thailand in 1999. In 2002 they moved to Mae La Oon refugee camp that is also in Thailand. In 2010 her family applied to be relocated to the United States, were accepted, and left in 2011.
Creator:
Say, Emma
Created:
2017-03-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Gay Tha was born in Klo Pa, Thailand in 1995. She and her family moved to the Mae La Oon refugee camp in 2003. In 2013, her family resettled in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Creator:
Tha, Gay
Created:
2016-03-20 - 2016-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Htee Sia Paw was both in 1998 in the Mae Kai Key refuee camp in Thailand. In 2002 a flash flood destroyed the camp, and their family was forced to a new camp, Mae La Oon. In 2013 the family moved Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Creator:
Paw, Htee Sia
Created:
2018-03-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Htoo Ler Moo was born in Burma in 1999. When he was a little over a year old his family fled to Thailand after Burmese soldiers attacked their village. He later moved to the United States and is a student at Washington High School in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Creator:
Moo, Htoo Ler
Created:
2016-03-20 - 2016-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Htun was born in Karen State, Burma. His father was killed by Burmese soldiers in 1998, and Htun grew up with a single mother. He lived in refugee camps on the Thai-Burma border for thirteen years where he learned how to film and edit video. He came to St. Paul, Minnesota in September 2014.
Creator:
Lin, Htun
Created:
2015-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Kbrue Moo was born in a Thai refugee camp in 1999. His family resettled in the United States and he is a high school student at Washington Technology Magnet School in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Creator:
Moo, Kbrue
Created:
2016-03-20 - 2016-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Ku Ku was born in Klo Pa, Thailand in 1995. She lived in the Mai La Oo camp in Thailand with her family and studied at Young Ni Oo High School inside the camp. In 2014, she and her family moved to St. Paul, Minnesota. She is a student at Washington High School.
Creator:
Ku, Ku
Created:
2016-03-20 - 2016-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Kyaw Khaing was born in Thailand. He and his family came to the United States as refugees between 2008 and 2009. He currently works as employment counselor and assists Karen refugee people finding jobs and establishing themselves in the United States.
Creator:
Khaing, Kyaw
Contributor:
Venditto, Elizabeth
Created:
2015
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Lar Soe was born in Mae Lae refugee camp in Thailand in 2000. When the family was being processed to leave the camp her father was away working in Bangkok, so they had to leave with their father. The family arrived in Saint Paul, Minnesota on February 3, 2011.
Creator:
Lar, Soe
Created:
2018-03-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Ler Kpaw was born in the Karen State, Burma in 2000. He and his family lived in the Mae La Oo refugee camp in Thailand. In 2011, his family resettled in the United States. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota and is a student at Washington Technology Magnet School.
Creator:
Kpaw, Ler
Created:
2017-01-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
