In this powerful episode of SuccessYourOwnWay, you’ll meet Maychee Mua, a 2025 Bush Fellow, systems change leader, and first-generation Hmong-Chinese American. Maychee shares her transformative journey of identity, advocacy, and redefining success. Maychee is navigating cultural duality, discovering her own neurodivergence, pioneering autism policy in Minnesota, and raising neurodivergent children. Maychee’s story is one of resilience, authenticity, and community empowerment. She reflects on proud moments, the impact of mentorship, and the importance of ancestral strength. She offers heartfelt advice for those seeking their voice and purpose. Her message encourages listeners to embrace nontraditional paths, take courageous risks, and lead with empathy and vision for future generations.
To learn more about the Maychee and the Bush Fellowship, visit: https://www.bushfoundation.org/fellows/maychee-mua/
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About Maychee
Maychee Mua’s identity is woven through multiple roles—daughter, granddaughter, sibling, wife, and mother to neurodivergent children. Being neurodivergent herself (autistic and has ADHD), these roles have shaped her life experience, worldview, and leadership style. Maychee is a first-generation Hmong Chinese American and the daughter of refugee parents. She channels her ancestral legacy of resilience into systems change.
Maychee was one of the first people who worked with a team to implement Minnesota’s Medicaid autism program for children under 21 in 2015. She has built trust across diverse communities and dismantled systemic barriers with empathy, persistence and cultural insight. Additionally, she helped the State of Minnesota create its first cultural competency training for autism providers, created multilingual educational materials, and elevated the voices of autistic individuals and families.
As a 2025 Bush Fellowship Recipient, Maychee is deepening her leadership by reconnecting with her cultural roots, building a holistic healing framework, and designing culturally tailored resources that bridge Southeast Asian traditions with Western systems of care.
To learn more or connect with Maychee: www.linkedin.com/in/mmua
