I'm half white, half Asian. I think of myself as hybrid. People usually think I'm Latina when they meet me. That's what made me learn Spanish. — Maya Soetoro-Ng Copy Share Image
I think you can have varied and seemingly contradictory depictions of a single person because we all have many facets and, in a way,… — Maya Soetoro-Ng Copy Share Image
I don't think the White House has always reflected the textures and flavors of this country. — Maya Soetoro-Ng Copy Share Image
One of the things that I have my students do is to take a look at English-language newspapers from all around the world in… — Maya Soetoro-Ng Copy Share Image
Barack himself is very much a regular guy, not a silver spoon, incredibly smart, but, you know, he's a scholarship kid, made good use… — Maya Soetoro-Ng Copy Share Image
You really need to love something or someone in order to work hard enough to be very successful. You have to believe in something… — Maya Soetoro-Ng Copy Share Image
We can do much to help our communities loosen their boundaries and begin to welcome a multitude of ways of being to make sure… — Maya Soetoro-Ng Copy Share Image
My whole family was Muslim, and most of the people I knew were Muslim. — Maya Soetoro-Ng Copy Share Image
I like that there are young people being given opportunities to explore and learn and grow and become themselves with a path that is… — Maya Soetoro-Ng Copy Share Image
The rich emotional tapestry of being a mother, becoming a mother, connects you to your own mother. I didn't realize how much I'd become… — Maya Soetoro-Ng Copy Share Image
My mother would have enjoyed the idea that her name was being used to build bridges. She cared a great deal and was very… — Maya Soetoro-Ng Copy Share Image
You really need to love something or someone in order to work hard enough to be very successful. You have to believe in something… — Maya Soetoro-Ng Copy Share Image
I've always kept a journal and brought storytelling into my teaching. — Maya Soetoro-Ng Copy Share Image
Being told that I looked like I belonged everywhere and to everyone helped me feel my fledgling pride in my own multiracialism. — Maya Soetoro-Ng Copy Share Image
It was as a mother that I needed my mother back, and I needed to conjure her anew and think about what she would… — Maya Soetoro-Ng Copy Share Image
