When she was 11, Vanna Howard was in a refugee camp. Now she’s the first Cambodian American state senator in the U.S.

The Lowell resident says she’s focusing on housing, health care, and immigrant communities, while listening closely to the constituents who first recruited her to run. The post When she was 11, Vanna Howard was in a refugee camp. Now she’s the first Cambodian American state senator in the U.S. appeared first on Boston.com.