Mai Xiong was born in Laos in 1960. She and her family were displaced by war several times. She met and married her husband in Vang Vieng, Laos, and they later moved to refugee camps Thailand to escape further violence in Laos before resettling in the United States.
Creator:
Lee, Mua
Created:
2017-05-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Mai Vang was born and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she graduated from Johnson High School in 2001. She earned a B.A. in Anthropology and Womens Studies with a minor in Asian American Studies from the University of Minnesota in 2005. She attended graduate school at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she studied Anthropology and ...
Creator:
Vang, Mai
Created:
2020-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Mai emigrated from Ban Vinai Refugee Camp with her parents, siblings, uncles and grandparents. Her family had a total of 6 children at the time of arrival. Currently they are a family of 11 with 3 siblings born in the United States. Mai is the fifth child to attend college and was the 4th to graduate, the second from the University of Minnesota...
Creator:
Yang, Mai T.
Created:
2014-03-20 - 2014-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center