Barista, Assistant Manager, Manager@University of Southern Maine
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Business Management degree. Like working in faced paced environment. Volunteer radio disc jockey. Want to be a voice actor. Like to travel. Learning a.i. shirt design and book making.More...
Marpheen Chann
Consultant
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Marpheen Chann is an award-winning author, writer, thinker, advocate, and speaker on intersectionality, inclusion, and belonging. As a gay, first-generation Asian American born in California to a Cambodian refugee family and later adopted by an evangelical, white working-class family in Maine, Marpheen uses a mix of humor and storytelling to help people view topics such as racism, xenophobia, and homophobia through an intersectional lens. His memoir, Moon in Full, won the bronze IPPY Award for LGBTQ Nonfiction and was a finalist for the Maine Literary Awards and The Eric Hoffer Book Award. He became the first Cambodian American-elected official in Maine in 2021 when he was elected as an At-Large Charter Commissioner for the City of Portland, Maine.
Marpheen Chann lives in Portland, Maine. He works in the nonprofit and advocacy sector as Executive Director and Founder of Khmer Maine and a consultant. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Southern Maine, a law degree from the University of Maine School of Law, and a certificate from the Harvard Kennedy School.More...
Laura Cyr
State and Federal Government Relations@State of Maine
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Dr. Laura Cyr is a first-generation student who grew up in Maine and has spent her life living and working in Portland, Lewiston-Auburn, Orono. She works at the as the State and Federal Legislative Liaison for the Maine Department of Education. This role includes acting as the agency rulemaking liaison and now the MIC3 Commissioner Designee. She received degrees from the University of Southern Maine and has taken additional coursework from the Harvard Business School. Dr. Cyr has taught all levels including middle-school and college-level language, writing, communication, and other Humanities topics. She currently teaches project management and professional writing as a distance adjunct professor. Her research interests include public higher education, student loan debt, and equity. When not tracking legislation and working with Maine’s congressional delegation, Laura lives on a small 5-acre farm where she and her husband raise goats, chickens, ducks, with their three dogs.More...