Maya Soetoro-Ng

I think you can have varied and seemingly contradictory depictions of a single person because we all have many facets and, in…

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

I don't think the White House has always reflected the textures and flavors of this country.

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

One of the things that I have my students do is to take a look at English-language newspapers from all around the…

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

Barack himself is very much a regular guy, not a silver spoon, incredibly smart, but, you know, he's a scholarship kid, made…

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

You really need to love something or someone in order to work hard enough to be very successful. You have to believe…

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

We can do much to help our communities loosen their boundaries and begin to welcome a multitude of ways of being to…

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

My whole family was Muslim, and most of the people I knew were Muslim.

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

I like that there are young people being given opportunities to explore and learn and grow and become themselves with a path…

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

The rich emotional tapestry of being a mother, becoming a mother, connects you to your own mother. I didn't realize how much…

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

My mother would have enjoyed the idea that her name was being used to build bridges. She cared a great deal and…

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

You really need to love something or someone in order to work hard enough to be very successful. You have to believe…

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

Faith and optimism come from love.

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

I've always kept a journal and brought storytelling into my teaching.

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

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

It was as a mother that I needed my mother back, and I needed to conjure her anew and think about what…

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

Philosophically, I would say that I am Buddhist.

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

Meanness is the one thing I do get upset about on those rare occasions when I see it.

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

I think we could benefit from world history that is specifically taught in a multi-faceted fashion that allows for an understanding that…

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

You have to have a government that does give both money and energy to function in a leadership role modeling giving for…

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

Being a parent has become incredibly important to me. I never knew how much I would be altered by my children. I…

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

My hope is that I can continue writing and, in the future, I can just be Maya Soetoro-Ng.

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

I think a lot about our globalized world, our global interconnectedness, and it really saddens me when I see people 'othering,' when…

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

I think we could benefit from world history that is specifically taught in a multi-faceted fashion that allows for an understanding that…

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

As children, we develop some scorn for our parents and their imperfections.

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

Slow down and think about the lessons of the elders.

— Maya Soetoro-Ng