
The first Korean American first lady in the US: We will not stand silent any more
CNN
Yumi Hogan, first lady of Maryland, writes about her own journey to the US, and the hard work she has put in as an immigrant to succeed in the US. Across the country, Asian Americans like her have completed similar journeys. The recent rise in anti-Asian hate will not deter the spirit of the community.
Twenty years. That's how long I spent working multiple jobs, often 14 or 16 hours a day, to raise three daughters as a single mother, all so they could have access to the countless opportunities this country has to offer.
More than two decades ago, on January 24, 2004, I landed in Baghdad as a legal adviser, assigned an office in what was then known as the Green Zone. It was raining and cold, and my duffle bag was thrown into a puddle off the C-130 aircraft that had just done a corkscrew dive to reach the runway without risk of ground fire. Young American soldiers greeted me as we piled into a vehicle, sped out of the airport complex and then along a road called the “Highway of Death” due to car bombs and snipers.












