Maya Soetoro-Ng

Maya Soetoro-Ng
Soetoro-Ng in 2013
Born	Maya Kasandra Soetoro (1970-08-15) August 15, 1970 (age 53) Jakarta, Indonesia
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Konrad Ng ​ (m. 2003)​
Children	2
Parents	Lolo Soetoro Ann Dunham
Relatives	Barack Obama (half-brother)
Academic background
Education	Barnard College, Columbia University (BA) New York University (MA) University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (PhD)
Thesis	Border pictures: Hybrid narratives for the humanities classroom (2006)
Doctoral advisor	David Ericson
Academic work
Discipline	Social science
Institutions	University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Maya Kasandra Soetoro-Ng (née Soetoro; /ˈmaɪ.ə suːˈtɔːroʊ ˈɪŋ/;^[1] born August 15, 1970) is an Indonesian-born American academic, who is a faculty specialist at the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, based in the College of Social Sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She is also a consultant for the Obama Foundation, working to develop the Asia-Pacific Leaders Program. Formerly a high school history teacher, Soetoro-Ng is the maternal half-sister of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States.^[2]