Our future generations rely on the effort we undertake now to ensure a healthy Hmong & BIPOC community in Colorado. I won't be able to complete this task on my own. PABNEEG is excited to contribute to the creation of a robust network and community founded on trust and compassion. Diversity is our strength!
Board Chair
Khai Lor and his father lead a group of his fellow Hmong villagers out of the jungles and across the Mekong River.
Today he will lead males in his community to be active participants in the fight to stop domestic abuse and sexual assault. He believes that it is possible to establish environments in which persons who have perpetrated and endured violence may heal and, eventually, prosper. Khai aims to change the attitudes, beliefs, and practices of Hmong males about gender, patriarchy, and violence.
Vice Chair
Nou Chee Thao is a Hmong-Thai biracial American, entrepreneur, domestic violence survivor, and a mother of 5 Hmong-Thai-Cambodian children. She sees that her Hmong and BIPOC Colorado community still face disparities in employment, educational achievement, and home and business ownership.
Like most mothers, applying and achieving a degree from a high-cost tuition college is out of the question. To combat this inequality of educational resources, Nou Chee is the driving force for PABNEEG to accomplish its mission of building a community eLearning platform for economic growth.
Board Secretary
Mia Yang-Foster is a first-generation Hmong-American whose proclivity towards world history has led her to the realm of humanitarian advocacy within the Hmong community aimed at telling the stories of the veterans, the refugees, and the plight of their families. Mia is a Program Director overseeing the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program for one of the largest community-based organizations in her region, a small-business owner, and a Diversity and Inclusion Commissioner for the City of Elk Grove where she lives with her husband and their three sons. In her free time, Mia is a spiritual and physical health advocate and volunteers her time towards the resettlement of displaced people.
Board Member
Yeng Xiong is a pharmacist and an advocate for health education. He wants to educate the Hmong community about the importance of diagnosing ailments and modern medicine. He is passionate about helping those who preserve and teach Hmong culture back to the youth in the United States through cultural exchange programs.
The Hmong community is not talking about global health and emergency medicine. Today there are impoverished Hmong villages overseas with no health center for treating common ailments.
He seeks to bring perspectives from his experiences in the United States to improve health care for those who need it and advance equitable healthcare solutions centered on dignity and respect.