| Maya Kassandra Soetoro-Ng, a name peculiar to | | | | classes at the University of Hawaii. In support for |
| some but dazzling to many, was born in August | | | | her brother's phenomenal charge towards the top |
| 15, 1970. She was the product of her father Lolo | | | | seat, she proclaimed to give her all out support to |
| Soetoro, who worked as a businessman with | | | | Obama in the summer of 2007 even if she had |
| Indonesian decent and her mother Ann Dunham, | | | | to take a couple of months off from her jobs |
| an American cultural anthropologist, who happened | | | | just to make sure that she is there campaigning |
| to be Barack Obama's mother as well. This gives | | | | beside him. |
| her the same lineage as the ever popular Obama, | | | | Moreover, her private family life was filled with |
| who is the Democratic Party nominee for the U.S. | | | | bright colors after marrying Konrad Ng, who |
| presidency, making her his official half sister. | | | | came from a mix of Chinese-Canadian ancestry |
| Early in her lifetime, she studied in Punahou College | | | | and who was also working as a subordinate |
| Prep School just as her half brother did. Later on, | | | | professor in one of Hawaii's most famous |
| she moved to greater heights finishing her Ph.D. in | | | | universities. Their love lead to the birth of their |
| Education from one of Honolulu's most prestigious | | | | only daughter named Suhaila. With diverse cultural |
| public institutions named the University of Hawaii | | | | and spiritual influences from her family, Maya |
| at Manoa, in the year 2006. She worked as a | | | | Kassandra Soetoro-Ng embraced Buddhism as her |
| teacher in two separate schools namely Hawaii | | | | primary religion. |
| School for Girls High School and did some evening | | | | |