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Hmong become persecuted
The Laos start hunting for the Hmong people. The Hmong run into the forests and seek refuge -
Fleeing from Laos
While being persecuted, Kalia's parents flee into the deep forest to escape capture. There, they became good friends. -
Kalia's parents get married
While the Laos people are persecuting the Hmong people, her mother and father get married, because they believed it was the last option. Her mother even admits that she didn't know if it was really love. -
Kalia's older sister is born
Kalia has an older sister Dawb. Dawb has polio, which is not pleasant, but it was because of her that they got into America. -
Kalia is born into a refugee camp
Kalia was born in the Ban Vinai Refugee camp. It was all she knew. She believed that she came from the clouds and chose her family. -
Kalia earns her right of passage
after witnessing the death of an old woman, trying to earn respect, Kalia goes towards the body. She trips and falls, which is a bad omen in their culture. She believes she is haunted -
Phanat Nikhom
Kalia's family were confirmed on a one way trip to America. Although, they couldn't just go there with what they knew, so they had to come to Phanat Nikhom to prepare for the journey and the life ahead of them. -
Kalia's Family moves to America.
Kalia was nervous but excited to start her new life in a new country -
A new life
The family starts a new life here in America. They get on the welfare and start going to schools. -
Kalia and Dwab v Boy
in this misunderstanding, Kalia and her sister get kicked out of a school because a teacher saw them fighting a local boy. The misunderstanding was that it was the boy that had started the fight
