From US to Malaysia with love

Remembering her roots: Yow’s message was featured in a video of the school’s graduation ceremony. — Photo sourced from social media

PETALING JAYA: Pupils of SJK(C) Keat Hwa (K) in Alor Setar, Kedah, had a pleasant surprise during their recent online graduation. Speaking to them in Mandarin from the United States was the mayor of Eastvale, Jocelyn Yow, who graduated from the school in 2006.

The 25-year-old, who is of Malaysian and Vietnamese parentage, recently made news as the “youngest woman of colour to serve as a mayor of a California city”. Eastvale is a city near Los Angeles, California.