Background
Moua, Mee was born on June 30, 1969.
Moua, Mee was born on June 30, 1969.
Moua obtained an undergraduate degree from Brown University, a master"s degree from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota Law School. Moua is licensed to practice law in Minnesota.
She served as the vice president for strategic impact initiatives at the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) from 2011-2012. Moua"s father was a medic in the Vietnam War. At the end of the war, her family fled to Thailand when Moua was five years old.
In 1978 her family, along with other Hmong refugees, moved to the United States.
She represented District 67 in the Minnesota Senate, which includes portions of the city of Saint Paul in Ramsey County, which is in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. On May 16, 2010, she announced that she would not run for a third term.
Moua chaired the Judiciary Committee and held the highest office of any Hmong American politician. Moua was first elected with 60 percent of the vote in a special election held on January 29, 2002.
She succeeded Senator Randy Kelly, who resigned after being elected mayor of Saint Paul.
She was re-elected in November 2002 and, again, in November 2006.
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, Democratic Party.
She was a member of the Minnesota state senate from 2002-2011. Moua was the first Hmong American woman elected to a state legislature, where she served as a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. She also served on the senate"s Taxes and Transportation committees, and was a member of the Finance subcommittee for the Public Safety Budget Division and the Transportation Budget and Policy Division, of the Judiciary Subcommittee for Data Practices, and of the Taxes Subcommittee for the Property Tax Division.
Married Nha Yee Chang Moua.