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Page 1: Mai ya

MAI YABy Alyse

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Fun Facts

Mai Ya was born in 1980 in Ban Vinai.

In 1987 Mai Ya and her family went to Madison, WI.

Once she got there she started Van Hise Middle School.

Months later, her mom, grandma, and aunt were killed in a car accident.

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Young Adult

In 1989 Mai Ya graduated East Side High.

After she graduated she was crowned Miss Lou Hmong-Wisconsin.

Later in 2004 she graduated from U.W. –Milwaukee with a B.A. degree in Finance and Marketing.

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She married a man around the age of 14. This was common for people in her culture.

Adulthood

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Hmong Timeline

1500’s-clans live in south China

1776-fight for freedom

1800s-They move to Southeast China

1940s-Japan invades French Indochina

1950s-Hmong language is written

1960s-United States enters Vietnam War, the Hmong people helped the U.S. soldiers fight.

1980s-U.S. allows Hmong into the country.

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This is Mai Ya as an adult.