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| Dr. Anchalee Musikabhumma |
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Dr. Anchalee Musikabhumma
pediatrician
Dr. Anchalee Muskabhumma came to the United States from Thailand with her husband, both as medical students, in 1971. Dr. Anchalee has her own practice as a pediatrician in an inner city neighborhood in Baltimore. In Thailand, Dr. Anchalee had studied dance until her medical studies became too demanding. She now has three children and because she wanted to pass on to them their Thai heritage, she became involved with Wat Thai, the Thai temple, in Wheaton, Maryland. She taught traditional dance at the temple and helps arrange performances of the dance.
Quotes from Dr. Anchalee Muskabhumma:
I think for the younger generation, the two identities, this is a privilege of theirs. They’re lucky to have two identities. My daughter right now may not have much difficulty with two identities, but the other generation—the third generation, my grandchild—definitely will have difficulties, because the influence of the second identity will be more than the primary identity. They may have a hard time.
We try to keep those two identities as much as we can. But, you know, I can not work by myself. The identity has to be a community, also. If the community is effective and so influences the younger generation, they will keep it. So I cannot say that this will happen just from me alone. It is a big job. That’s why I try to get the community involved, to push them, to get the younger generation involved, also. If you don’t do it, who else is going to do it? That’s why I try to involve them with it.
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| Dr. Anchalee Musikabhumma |
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| Dr. Anchalee Musikabhumma with a patient |
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| Dr. Anchalee Musikabhumma with a patient |
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| Dr. Anchalee's dance students practicing |