Who is May from The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down and what is their importance?

To speak with the Lees on a regular basis the author recognized that she would need not just a translator, but someone who was familiar with the practice of Hmong life. She found a comfortable rapport with May Ying Xiong. May was a twenty-year-old Hmong woman employed as a clerk at the center for refugee services. Her family was one of the few Hmong families to distinguish itself by successfully living a Hmong life within America. For example, May's father was a well known txiv neeb, but he was also a soldier who trained under the CIA. As the second generation of this Hmong family, May was particularly adept at bridging the cultural divide.