Buttons, I Vote, University of Michigan Museum of Art, 525 S State St, University of Michigan, September 10, 2024
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Cynthia Yao was born in Kingston, Jamaica, where her parents settled after immigrating from China. In 1959, she moved to Boston to attend Emmanuel College. She met Edward York-Peng Yao who was at Harvard finishing his PhD in Physics.
In 1990, Cynthia Yao represented the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum at the White House to receive an IMS-GOS (Institute of Museum Services General Operating Support) award. First Lady Barbara Bush made the announcement of 390 museum recipients nationwide.