Profile
Maya Soetoro-Ng
Teacher
Female
Born
Aug 15, 1970
Age
42
Hometown
Jakarta
Religion
Buddhism
Alma Mater
New York Universi...
Other Names
Soetoro-Ng, Maya
Ethnicity
Indonesian-American
Maya Kassandra Soetoro-Ng is the maternal half-sister of Barack Obama, the 44th and current President of the United States. She was previously a high school history teacher and university instructor in Hawaii.
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Konrad NgMarried 2003 - Present
Family
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Maya Soetoro-Ng
Age 42
parents
siblings
children
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Suhaila NgDaughter, Age 9
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Savita NgDaughter
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No Flubs For Obama, John Roberts At Private Swearing InHuffington Post - Jan 20, 2013
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Joseph Vellone: My Big Fat Gay ConventionHuffington Post - Sep 08, 2012
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Democratic Convention Schedule For Tuesday NightDublin Patch - Sep 04, 2012
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1970
Birth
Born on August 15, 1970.
1981
10 Years Old
While living in Indonesia, she was home schooled by her mother and then attended Jakarta International School from 1981 to 1984.
TEENAGE
1988
17 Years Old
Like her older half-brother, Soetoro-Ng returned to Hawaii and attended the private Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii, graduating in 1988.
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TWENTIES
1996
25 Years Old
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She previously taught and developed curriculum at The Learning Project, an alternative public middle school in New York City, from 1996–2000.
THIRTIES
2003
32 Years Old
In 2003 Maya married Konrad Ng (Simplified Chinese: 吴加儒), a Chinese Canadian from Burlington, Ontario, Canada.
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2007
36 Years Old
In May 2007, Soetoro-Ng announced that she would assist Obama in his campaign for President, and took two months off to campaign for him.
2008
37 Years Old
Soetoro-Ng participated in the 2008 Democratic National Convention where she spoke briefly about growing up with her brother and brought an Asian-American presence to the stage.
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2009
38 Years Old
In 2009 Soetoro-Ng helped bring her mother's dissertation to publication in the form of the book Surviving against the Odds: Village Industry in Indonesia.
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FORTIES
2011
40 Years Old
Soetoro-Ng authored a children's book, Ladder to the Moon, that was inspired by her mother and her daughter, Suhaila; it was published in 2011.
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