Makara and her mother fled the Khmer Rouge in 1975 when she was five years old. When they arrived at the Khao-I-Dang UNHCR camp on the Thai border in 1979 she felt she had found "heaven on earth." She and her mother came to the US in 1984 and eventually to Maine in 2002.
Recently, Makara was honored as a "Trailblazer" at the first annual Empower the Immigrant Women Conference. She speaks about that event during this interview.
Makara has worked in production (sewing), sales, translating/interpreting, owned her own Cambodian grocery store and just started an egg roll catering business called "Let's Roll" (to place an order call 207-807-0999).
Music: "Wake Me Up" (Avicii) sung by Justin Rhodes.
Recently, Makara was honored as a "Trailblazer" at the first annual Empower the Immigrant Women Conference. She speaks about that event during this interview.
Makara has worked in production (sewing), sales, translating/interpreting, owned her own Cambodian grocery store and just started an egg roll catering business called "Let's Roll" (to place an order call 207-807-0999).
Music: "Wake Me Up" (Avicii) sung by Justin Rhodes.
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