AAUC Podcast #27 - KaYing Yang's Life Journey of Asian and American Self-Identity in the Non-Profit World

This month's episode is truly fascinating. It is about KaYing Yang's evolving self-identity while at the same time having a stellar carrier as a national/international non-profit leader and activist. Hear how arriving in the late '70's in the mid-US as a 7-year-old Hmong refugee child, KaYing had an innate sense of justice and community that lead her to the pinnacle the non-profit world in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Washington D.C., and even in Laos and Thailand. Hear how she adapted to her new country while supporting her ethnic community at the same time, and all the while evolving and developing a new and ever expanding self-identity. From working on local community issues in Minnesota and Wisconsin to national and international policy and services, KaYing's experiences of growing up in the US and then working and living in Laos and Thailand for 10 years provides her with a unique perspective of being Hmong, Asian and Asian-American, along with what is home for her community and herself. I hope this interview provides everyone with insights into themselves and all of our communities of ways that will have an impact on how we can achieve our own individual and community American Dream.