JUNE 2024 | 87 THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL OBF GRANTEE CLIENT WRITES CAPTIVATING BOOK FOR CHILDREN OBF Grantee client Sang Rem tells her captivating story in her recently published children’s book Refugee – My Journey from Myanmar/Burma to the USA. Illustrated by Ms. Rem’s childhood friend, C Remruat Kima, this book is bright, colorful, inspirational and educational. Ms. Rem is a former refugee from Chin State, Myanmar/Burma. In 1997, she and her family were forcibly displaced from their ancestral lands. They fled to Malaysia and then registered with the United Nations as refugees. Her story and frightening journey to America are truly inspirational. In 2010, after Ms. Rem and her family were resettled in Oklahoma, she was introduced to OBF Grantee partner The Spero Project. The staff at The Spero Project supported the family daily, helped them learn English and assisted Ms. Rem in achieving her dreams. After high school, she began work as the student support specialist for The Spero Project, helping other refugee clients with similar stories. This job gave her the means to pay for college and ultimately earn a bachelor’s degree in child development and a master’s degree in family education from the University of Central Oklahoma. Ms. Rem is now the director of resettlement at The Spero Project, but she still has dreams on the horizon. She says, “We didn’t have any children’s books in our house when I was little. There are no children’s books written in my mother’s tongue of Zanniet and very few written in Burmese. Child education and development are very important to me, and I want to write children’s books in these dialects in the future.” You can purchase Refugee and learn more about Ms. Rem’s upcoming projects at https://sangremproject.com. Sang Rem displays her children’s book Refugee – My Journey from Myanmar/ Burma to the USA.
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