SacBee - Marcos Bretón Piece on Mai Vang - How a daughter of Hmong refugees seeks to make political history in Sacramento
If Mai Vang is elected to the Sacramento City Council on March 3 to represent south Sacramento, or if she forces a run-off and then prevails in the November general election, she would become a trailblazing elected official unlike any other since the state capital was incorporated in 1850.
The 34-year-old current trustee of the Sacramento City Unified School District would be the first woman from the Asian American Pacific Islander community elected to the City Council.