Mike PouraryanWho is Barack Obama's Sister?
Barack Obama's Sister Maya Soetoro-Ng
You hardly ever hear anything about Barack Obama’s sister Maya Soetoro-Ng so I thought I would fill you in on who she is. Maya was born in 1970 to Indonesian businessman Lolo Soetoro and Ann Dunham who was a cultural anthropologist. Maya Soetoro-Ng teaches high school at La Pietra Hawaii School for girls in Honolulu, Hawaii, however in 2007 she took two months off her job to campaign for her brother Barack Obama. She has a PhD in Education from the University of Hawaii. Maya is married to a Chinese Canadian Professor at the University of Hawaii. Together they have one daughter named Suhalia. Newsweek quoted Maya as saying, “My mom and I had a joke that he would become the first black president.” He was so smart, but also wise beyond his years. He had so commanding a presence. He was like a little big man. We called him ‘the little big man,’ because in many ways he was an old man when he was a kid.”
