[3][4] On February 3, 2017, Moua announced her departure from AAJC to "spend more time with her family, for her children and their future, and being the right kind of mom for them.

Moua was the first Hmong American woman elected to a state legislature, where she served as a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.

[9] Moua chaired the Judiciary Committee and held the highest office of any Hmong American politician.

[13] Her opponent in the 2002 race for MN Senate district 67, David Racer (R), received matching funds in the amount of $7,706.

[13][14] In order to receive matching funds a candidate must also raise a specified amount in individual contributions and agree to campaign spending limits.

[19][18] In 2008, Minnesota public records indicated that Moua claimed $21,954 in per diem, the most of any senator, and effectively increased her compensation by 71 percent.