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Lorraine Dong, professor of Asian American Studies at SFSU and president of the CHSA, will analyze the impact of the ancient story of Hua Mulan on Chinese America. The story of Mulan is a popular Chinese legend about a woman who took her elderly father s place in a military draft. She went on to great success, winning battle after battle for over 12 years without ever being revealed as a woman. Since then several children s books and a movie have appeared, exposing a new generation of Chinese Americans to the ancient myth. A native of San Francisco s Chinatown, Dong received her B.A. and M.A. degrees from SFSU s Chinese Program in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures.