Min-hua Chen of Brookline, Massachusetts was born on April 6, 1944 in Beijing, China and passed away peacefully on October 21, 2015 in Seattle, Washington.
Min-hua graduated from Capital Normal University of Beijing, and worked as a teacher in China for many years. She moved to the United States and earned Masters and doctorate degrees in education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her work concentrated on early childhood curriculum development, multilingual and multi-cultural education. She retired from her work at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as an education specialist on June 30, 2015. She will be remembered by her family, friends, and colleagues for her dedication, compassion, and kindness to family, friends and work.
She is survived by her beloved mother, brother and relatives in China, her husband Tzu-hsien Chang of Brookline, Massachusetts, son Nien Chang of Seattle, Washington, and many friends in Boston and China. She will be missed greatly by the ones who loved her.