ST PAUL, Minn. — Not all the people visiting 90 Plato Blvd. W. in St Paul will need Malia Lee's help. But for the folks who do, Lee is more than just a friendly face. Lee said she has only been an ...

It’s presentation day in a fifth grade classroom at Vang Pao Elementary School in Fresno, and some students are more shy than others. But 11-year-old Irene Her stands in front of the classroom, ...

About four years ago, Maichou Lor was living in New York completing a postdoctoral fellowship, when family members back home in Wisconsin kept telling her that her dad’s hearing was getting worse. “He ...

Duabci Crystal Vang teaches Hmong dance in Fox Valley to help keep the language alive. Duabci Crystal Vang teaches Hmong dance to Fox Valley youth, blending traditional styles with modern influences.

After ethnic cleansing in Myanmar scattered Rohingya communities, a grassroots effort in Milwaukee is testing whether teaching the language in written form can help it survive — and whether ...

When Bouasvanh Lor would come home to Merced from college at CSU Stanislaus, her parents would pretend they forgot English to force her to practice Hmong, the family’s mother tongue. Back then, she ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Stockton Unified School District's Arthur Coleman Jr. Administrative Complex is located at 56 South Lincoln Street in downtown ...

Translating in a healthcare setting is difficult for many adult children of Hmong immigrants due to cultural barriers and differences in both the English and Hmong languages. Ever since she was a ...

A new mental health initiative is making suicide prevention education more accessible to Hmong-speaking communities in central Wisconsin. The effort, a collaboration between several local ...

Hmong students concerned about preserving their identity are pushing back after the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse initially canceled a spring heritage language course. The university has offered a ...