Boonmee McElroy has overcome extraordinary obstacles in her life. Growing up in poverty in a small village in Thailand, vital things like food and education were not always available to her. After years of struggle she began to grow a career as an international life coach and inspirational speaker in Asia.

As fate would have it, she met an American man while on a flight, eventually married him, and settled into a new life in Rochester, Minnesota. Now over a decade and many big life events later, Boonmee (Oui) is re-establishing her former career as a life coach and inspirational speaker.

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