{"id":478,"date":"2017-04-21T15:31:12","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T20:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/hmg\/?page_id=478"},"modified":"2026-10-16T17:17:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T22:17:25","slug":"dua-vang-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/hmg\/dua-vang-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dua Vang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_pb_fullwidth_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_slider_0 et_pb_slider et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_slides\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_0 et_pb_slide et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-0\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\">Dua Vang<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_justified\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2016\/12\/cropped-Beyond-Two-Worlds-11-white-11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-140 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2016\/12\/cropped-Beyond-Two-Worlds-11-white-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/hmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2016\/12\/cropped-Beyond-Two-Worlds-11-white-11.png 512w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/hmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2016\/12\/cropped-Beyond-Two-Worlds-11-white-11-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/hmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2016\/12\/cropped-Beyond-Two-Worlds-11-white-11-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/hmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2016\/12\/cropped-Beyond-Two-Worlds-11-white-11-270x270.png 270w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/hmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2016\/12\/cropped-Beyond-Two-Worlds-11-white-11-192x192.png 192w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/hmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2016\/12\/cropped-Beyond-Two-Worlds-11-white-11-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/hmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2016\/12\/cropped-Beyond-Two-Worlds-11-white-11-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 90px) 100vw, 90px\" \/><\/a><\/strong>Dua Vang<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080\">D<\/span><\/strong>ua Vang is a second generation Hmong American whose parents immigrated from Thailand in the late 1980\u2019s. Although born and raised in Minnesota, Vang loves to embrace her Hmong culture. She is currently attending St. Olaf College with a major in Biology and is also a current board member of St Olaf\u2019s Hmong Women Dialogue, which is a support group for the Hmong men and women on campus. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_top et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_video_0 et_pb_video et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dua Financials\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iaPc2xKZlPc?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_center\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\"In high school, when I was going through that college application journey ...one of my main turning points for me was to looking over at financial aids... and definitely I have to make a lot of choices... I've had to move things around and have to really make sure that I will still be on track but still be able to fully pay for my last semester here at St. Olaf. So definitely financially-wise I've had to make a lot of sacrifices.\"<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_1 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_top et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\"Gender definitely plays a role in whether Hmong people achieve higher education, especially for me as a woman, in the Hmong community, I've had certain encounters where I'm told this is not your place.. your role as a Hmong women is to be at home, to help around in the household, be like your mother, at home, do chores, and stuff like that...\"<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_video_1 et_pb_video et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dua Gender Roles\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CVLN44XnZxI?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_4 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_6 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_2 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_top et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_5 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_7 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_video_2 et_pb_video et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dua Hmong America Women\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/amteqvnrAyg?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_8 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\"For me, to be defined as Hmong... culture is what defines me as Hmong, me being able to still see my culture as a part of me, and feel respected, and still want to follow the traditions and being able to celebrate it...\u00a0but there are some aspects that I disagree with as well...\"<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_6 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_9 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_3 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_top et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_7 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_10 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_4 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\"In high school it was definitely kind of hard to even think about achieving higher education...because you are of color and come from a community that is low-income, your chances of getting higher education is fairly low. You get those encounters a lot, and it's just not encounters but judgments..\"<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_11 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_video_3 et_pb_video et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dua Higher Education\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EAV4Bld0T9E?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_8 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_12 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_4 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_top et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_9 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_13 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_video_4 et_pb_video et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dua Why higher education\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n6EO5Mkldj0?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_14 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_5 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\"I have always had this expectation from my parents to be a doctor or to be some sort of nursing position... It obviously affected what I did...to be on the premed track... But I feel that they are not too pushy about that... My parents are the ones that I am doing this for, because they grew up not having the opportunity and not being able to achieve higher education..\"<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_10 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_15 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_5 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_top et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_11 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_16 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_6 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u201cI have definitely prioritized my culture more than I have even done before\u2026 and being able to spend more time away from my academics, to further understand what\u2019s actually happening in the Hmong community that I have absolutely no idea about\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_17 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_video_5 et_pb_video et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dua HWD\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kCkxUSajhLA?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_12 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_18 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_6 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_top et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1490,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-478","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/hmg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/hmg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/hmg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/hmg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/hmg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/hmg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":848,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/hmg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/478\/revisions\/848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/hmg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}