The California town of Eastvale, which is located an hour east of Los Angeles, has just made history following the appointment of a 25-year-old mayor who is of Malaysian-Vietnamese heritage.

Jocelyn Yow, who is mother to a six-month-old son, was born in the US but returned to Malaysia as an infant and lived in Kedah for a decade, studying at SMJK Keat Hwa in Alor Setar, Kedah...