Courtesy of Jan Pieter Van Voorst Van Beest, an individual partner
Description
Jaden Li Eung immigrated from Cambodia to Maine. At the University of Southern Maine, Eung turned the pain of her immigrant experience into activism as the founder of the campus’s first Asian Association & Symposium, a member of the student senate, and an advocate for homeless youth. Once on the verge of homelessness herself, she now expresses a driving determination to help others going through what she went through during the years her family chased, but failed to capture, the American dream.
“In my family, we don’t talk much about our past. It hurts. Part of my American life is to talk about it and honor it,” said Eung in 2009.
About This Item
- Title: Jaden Li Eung, Portland, 2009
- Creator: Jan Pieter Van Voorst Van Beest
- Creation Date: 2009
- Subject Date: circa 2017
-
Locations:
- Cambodia
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Digital photograph
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Emigration & immigration--United States
- Emigration and immigration--Cambodia
- Immigrants--United States--Maine--Portland
- University of Southern Maine
People
Other Keywords
This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. No Permission is required to use the low-resolution watermarked image for educational use, or as allowed by the applicable copyright. For all other uses, permission is required.
Please post your comment below to share with others. If you'd like to privately share a comment or correction with MMN staff, please send us a message with this link.
