Maya Soetoro-Ng
| Maya Soetoro-Ng | |
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Maya Soetoro-Ng, 2013
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| Born |
Maya Kasandra Soetoro 15 August 1970 Saint Carolus Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Residence | Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | BA, M.A., PhD |
| Alma mater |
Punahou School 1988, Barnard College B.A. 1993, New York University M.A. University of Hawai'i at Manoa PhD 2006 |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Spouse(s) | Konrad Ng (m. 2003) |
| Children | Suhaila Ng (born 2004) Savita Ng (born 2008) |
| Parent(s) |
Lolo Soetoro Ann Dunham |
| Relatives | Barack Obama (half-brother) |
Maya Kasandra Soetoro-Ng (/ˈmaɪ.ə suːˈtɔəroʊ ˈɪŋ/;) is the maternal half-sister of former United States President Barack Obama. Formerly a high school history teacher, she is currently a Faculty Specialist and Director of Community Outreach and Global Learning at the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace & Conflict Resolution, which is based in the College of Social Sciences at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Soetoro-Ng was born Maya Kasandra Soetoro in Saint Carolus Hospital, a Roman Catholic hospital, in Jakarta, Indonesia, to Indonesian businessman Lolo Soetoro and American cultural anthropologist Ann Dunham. Her elder half-brother is the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama. She has said she was named after American poet Maya Angelou.
Soetoro-Ng and Obama spent several years together in Indonesia and in Hawaii before her mother decided to return to Indonesia with her. After her parents divorced in 1980, her father remarried. From this marriage, Soetoro-Ng has another half-brother, Yusuf Aji Soetoro (b. 1981), and a half-sister, Rahayu Nurmaida Soetoro (b. 1984).
While living in Indonesia, Soetoro-Ng was home-schooled by her mother and then attended Jakarta International School from 1981 to 1984. Like Obama, Soetoro-Ng returned to Hawaii and attended the private Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii, graduating in 1988.
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