About the Author

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Maiv Xis is a Hmong woman, a daughter of refugees, and a follower of Christ who came to faith without a Christian inheritance to stand on. In her culture, women do not leave alone. They leave only when they are carried into another family, another name, another covering. To leave without that is to leave without certainty of belonging.

Yet she left—not because she rejected her people or desired another culture, but because faith led her where culture could not follow.

Before she had language for doctrine or discipleship, she crossed boundaries that cost her familiarity, community, and spiritual home. Later, when she encountered Christ, she realized He had already been leading her. Following Him meant leaving what was known and serving within the American church, learning to love, lead, and remain faithful across difference.

For more than a decade, she has walked alongside churches and underserved communities, helping create spaces where faith, culture, and belonging meet. Her ministry has been shaped through lived theology—formed by service, loss, resilience, and grace—and through years of executive volunteer leadership and cross-cultural discipleship.

She writes under a pseudonym to honor both privacy and sacred witness. Her words rise not from credentials, but from obedience.

God in the In-Between: A Daughter’s Sacred Witness of Faith, Family, and Healing is her first book, offered freely as a gift—to the Church, and to those seeking the Kingdom as refuge, sanctuary, and home beyond walls.