July 31, 2014

Minnesota Sounds and Voices: From chaos to college - Scholarships honor family's journey

Dan Olson - Reporter, Chue Vang - Interviewee, Tom Crann - Host

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On this episode of Minnesota Sounds and Voices, MPR’s Dan Olson talks with Chue Vang about his family’s experience fleeing Laos and coming to the U.S. as refugees. Today, he aims to honor the opportunities found in his adopted home and a late brother with a new scholarship for Hmong students.

After four years of research, Vang started the Hmong American Education Fund in 2011.

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