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Anya and Margo

Anya: Russian origin meaning “Grace”. Indian version means Inexhaustible, Limitless, resurrection, Nightless, the one who is bright and shining. Anya is the form found most frequently in Russia, Poland, and other East European countries, while Anja is the preferred spelling in Germany Norway, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, and The Netherlands. Anya is feminine in some cultures, and unisex in several African and European countries, as well as in India. Anya was the 656th most popular girls name in 2020. 1 out of every 4,035 baby girls born in 2020 are named Anya.

Margo: female name of French origin that means Pearl. The name Margo/Margot is a derivative of the name Margaret, which means &quot;a pearl.&quot; Margo is currently #46 on the Baby Names Popularity Charts
 Margo is currently #760 in U.S. births
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You are a DC power broker in the old-fashioned, quietly kick ass under the table, and behind closed doors, type of way. Your phone calls are returned immediately by many more visible power holders who are regularly in the news.

Surprisingly few people have heard of you although you have served as deputy White House chief of staff and top advisor to various presidents on controversial issues such as health care reform, reigning in online misinformation, coordinated pandemic responses based on science, protecting voters rights, and Russian interference in elections.

You were a valedictorian and national merit scholar from the mid west who attended a honors program at a flagship state university with a full ride. You attended another top public school for post grad, and never regretted your choice although many elite private universities offered you admission and scholarships for undergrad and generous stipends for post grad. You would rather watch 2 Broke Girls/ Mr Mayor/ Call me Kat repeats than have joined a Greek sorority or secret society, and they were bad enough the first time around.

Surprisingly, few people in Washington appreciate your influence, which extends beyond the West Wing. When the president asks you to help get stuff done in an extremely polarized political environment, you work behind the scenes to bring people together and listening to each other.

Power brokers from both sides of the aisle come to you for advice on how to implement regulations that will effect large chunks of the economy.

You are married to a kind, smart and funny man of Creole-Indian descent who grew up in Mauritius. He has a colorful back story and sensitized you to the need to combat racism structurally and confront climate change in realistic ways. His entire home island country is vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. Accelerating sea level rise and increasing number of severe tropical cyclones will likely result in massive economic loss, loss of life, and environmental degradation.

After slavery in Mauritius was abolished in 1835, his great, great, great grandfather was shipped from India, along with many others, to work sugar cane plantations as an indentured laborer.

This period of quasi slavery during British rule involved many brutal episodes. The indentured fought long and hard for respect. The term “coolie” was applied to the indenture, and has since become a derogatory term for Mauritians of Asian descent. The island became central in the trade of indentured labourers, (thousands of Indians arrived from Calcutta or Karikal) and were often traded to the West Indies.

As the Indian population became dominant after British rule ended, and the voting franchise was extended, political and economic power shifted from the Franco-Mauritians and their Creole allies to the Indo-Mauritians.

Hence, your husband’s family taught him to appreciate the struggles of those at the bottom of society and to seek to wield power wisely.

You met doing a Masters of Public Management and Leadership  at University of Georgia (established 1785, MPA #3 program US News). You both liked the climate, shifting dynamics around diversity and vibrant atmosphere cloaked in traditions ripe for renewal. Stacey Abrams, who also hails from the MidWest but lives in Georgia is on your speed dial.

Your daughters are drop dead gorgeous as biracial children who speak English, French and some Spanish.

You chose names that work well for both your families. Anya although more commonly known as Russian origins (Chekhov’s character in The Cherry Orchard) is actually popular in India as well.

Anya and Margo attend a regular public school. You don’t swoop into save them when they falter due to making poor decisions such as procrastinating study. But if anyone messes with them due to their race, you are all over it. You are raising them with Midwest values to be kind, honest, respectful and to work hard. They are leaders in the School orchestra and science robotics club. They tutor younger children in transition out of homelessness via zoom once a week. They know with hard work and perseverance that they can do and become whomever they wish to be. They are being raised to lend their hands to others along the way.

Your DH has reclaimed the derogatory slang used for his ethnic group in Mauritius. He reminds Anya and Margo that they are simply “cool” and not “coolies”.[/quote]
I am just going to say that your Anya description is spot on.[/quote]

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