Yumi Hogan
| Yumi Hogan | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Yumi Hogan in 2017 | |
| First Lady of Maryland | |
|
Assumed office January 21, 2015 | |
| Governor | Larry Hogan |
| Preceded by | Katie O'Malley |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Yumi Kim December 25, 1959[1] Naju, South Korea |
| Citizenship | United States (1994–present) |
| 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 |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | 김유미 |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | Gim Yumi |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Yumi |
Yumi Hogan (née Kim; born December 25, 1959) is the First Lady of the State of Maryland and the wife of Larry Hogan, the Governor of Maryland. She became the first South Korean-born first lady in the United States, as well as Maryland's First Lady, with the inauguration of her husband as governor of Maryland in January 2015.
Early life and education
Formerly using the surname Kim, she was born in Naju, South Jeolla Province, South Korea.[3][4][5] She is the youngest of eight children and grew up on a chicken farm outside of Seoul.[5]
She immigrated to the United States with her first husband while in her twenties.[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]
Personal life
Self-described as "traditional", Hogan holds Presbyterian religious beliefs, was hesitant to tell her family of her divorce, and did not live with her husband until they were married.[3] She became a U.S. citizen in 1994.[6] Hogan'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] Hogan'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]
Career
As First Lady of Maryland, Hogan 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 2 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.
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 Lee, Suevon (March 3, 2015). "Meet Yumi Hogan, Maryland’s New First Lady". KoreAm. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
- 1 2 Baltic, Sarah (April 2015). "Balancing Motherhood & Career". Maryland Women's Journal: 22–23. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rosenwald, Michael S. (January 23, 2015). "Md. Gov. Larry Hogan and his Korean-born wife, Hogan, are a historic first couple". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 "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 |