Li-Ann Kaye

1 month ago | northernexpress.com | Craig Manning |Ross Boissoneau |Karl Klockars |Li-Ann Kaye

Guest Opinion By Li-Ann Kaye | May 3, 2025 I will never forget the day I was accepted into the University of Michigan. My immigrant mother called me in the middle of my school day to scream, “Li-Ann, we got in!” She used the term “we” because, in many ways, it was her accomplishment as well. My mother didn’t have the opportunity to go to college or even high school. She was born into poverty, growing up in a two-bedroom shack with a dirt floor in 1950s Singapore.