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Mee Moua

American politician

Mee Moua (RPA: Mim Muas, Pahawh: 𖬂𖬦 𖬑𖬲𖬦; born June 30, 1969, in Xieng Khouang, Laos), is an American politician, and is the former president and executive director of the Asian Americans Advancing Justice -AAJC (Advancing Justice-AAJC)^[1] She served as the vice president for strategic impact initiatives at the Asian & Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) from 2011–12,^[2] and as a member of the Minnesota state senate from 2002 to 2011.^[3]^[4] On February 3, 2017, Moua announced her departure from AAJC to "spend more time with her family, for her children and their future, and being the right kind of mom for them."^[5]

Early life and education

Moua's father was a medic in the Vietnam War.

At the end of the war, her family fled to Thailand when Moua was five years old. In 1978 her family, along with other Hmongrefugees, moved to the United States.^[6] Moua graduated from Xavi