Andrea Louie and her cousins grew up knowing that their grandmother was named U.S. Mother of the Year in 1952. But she never thought about what that term meant, except for a national award.
In December 2025, Louie, a Michigan State University professor and chair of the university’s department of anthropology, published "Chinese American Mothering: Toy Len Goon’s Legacy and the Myth of Model Minority" – a story chronicling her own grandmother's life.
