First Arrival

Carmen Samual Chong Gum served as first Consul General of the Republic of the Marshall Islands in the Springdale, Arkansas Consulate from 2008 until 2017. Chong Gum currently works at University of Arkansas for Medical Science Institute for Community Health and Innovation as an outreach specialist. She was present when the first significant waves of Marshallese migrants arrived in northwest Arkansas.

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