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https://uwm.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2012/05/buasawan-simmala-lg-ma1zh1.jpg960500Buasawan Simmala may be the first Laotian woman to earn a degree in the U.S. since Laos came under Communist rule 37 years ago. She learned English and came to the U.S. as an adult. Her daughter graduates with her on May 20. Her son already holds a UWM degree and is now in graduate school at the university.