Yumi Hogan
| Yumi Hogan | |
|---|---|
| First Lady of Maryland | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 21, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Katie O'Malley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yumi Kim December 25, 1959[1] Naju, South Korea |
| Spouse(s) | Larry Hogan (m. 2004) |
| Children | Kim Velez, Jaymi Sterling, and Julie Kim |
| Alma mater | American University (2010), Maryland Institute College of Art (2008)[2] |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Religion | Presbyterian[3] |
Yumi Hogan, formerly Kim,[3] was born in Naju,[4] South Korea. She is the wife of Larry Hogan, the current governor of Maryland. Upon assuming the office of Maryland's First Lady in January 2015, she became the first Korean-American first lady in the United States.[5]
Background
The youngest of eight children,[5] Yumi grew up on a chicken farm outside of Seoul and immigrated with her first husband to the United States while in her 20s.[6] After living in Hawaii,[4] Texas and then California, she divorced and moved to Maryland in the early 1990s,[1] settling in Howard County.[6] To support her three daughters, she taught in her basement and worked as a cashier.[6]
Self-described as "traditional", Yumi holds Presbyterian religious beliefs, was hesitant to tell her family of her divorce, and didn't live with her husband until they were married.[3] She became a U.S. citizen in 1994.[6] Yumi's artwork, primarily abstract landscapes in Sumi ink on Korean Hanji paper, has been shown locally and around the world and it was at an art show in Columbia that she and Larry Hogan met[3][7] in 2001.[8] They were married in 2004[6] at Paca House and Garden in Annapolis.[3] Yumi's husband encouraged her art interest and she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting degree from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2008 and a Master of Fine Arts degree from American University in 2010.[9]
As First Lady, Yumi has continued to teach as an adjunct faculty member at her MICA alma mater[7][9] and she plans to support the arts community and social issues such as those affecting single mothers.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bieniek, Matthew (December 24, 2014). "First lady had humble beginnings". Cumberland Times-News (Cumberland, Maryland). Retrieved April 27, 2015.
- ↑ "Bio – Yumi Hogan". Retrieved April 27, 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Barker, Jeff (October 10, 2014). "Artist-wife Yumi Hogan strays 'outside of her normal comfort level'". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lee, Suevon (March 3, 2015). "Meet Yumi Hogan, Maryland’s New First Lady". KoreAm. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Baltic, Sarah (April 2015). "Balancing Motherhood & Career". Maryland Women's Journal. pp. 22–23. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Rosenwald, Michael S. (January 23, 2015). "Md. Gov. Larry Hogan and his Korean-born wife, Yumi, are a historic first couple". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Rosenwald, Michael S. (February 27, 2015). "Md. First Lady Yumi Hogan serves her own kimchi at Lunar New Year celebration". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
- ↑ Butler, Paul (2015). "One-on-One with Governor Larry Hogan". WBOC. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Yumi Hogan". Maryland State Archives. December 26, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
| Honorary titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Katie O'Malley |
First Lady of Maryland January 21, 2015 – present |
Succeeded by incumbent |