EXPERTISE & EXPERIENCE:
I am an experienced Hmong American translator and interpreter based in the Washington, D.C. area.

My professional experiences ranged from marketing to insurance, from financial services to journalism and real estate. But what I do best is the art of accurate communication through a foreign language: translating and interpreting English/Hmong - Hmong/English.

I founded one of the first Hmong American bilingual newspapers in the U.S., acting as both publisher and editor. I also wrote for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and served as an interpreter and translator for a major series.

I have lived, traveled, and studied in various Hmong communities, including those in Laos and Thailand, and I have acquired a broad sense of the diversity of Hmong language and cultural contexts.

Since 2002, I have been a licensed real estate agent in the state of Minnesota, serving hundreds of diverse clients, many of whom are Hmong who speak limited English.

In addition to serving as a school, medical, and legal translator and interpreter for many years, I am also a Hmong history and cultural trainer and consultant.

MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS:
- American Translators Association (ATA)
- The National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators (NAJIT)
- National Council on Interpreting in Health Care (NCIHC)
- Upper Midwest Translators and Interpreters Association (UMTIA)
- Minnesota Court Interpreter Roster
- Minnesota Department of Health Spoken Language Health Care Interpreter Roster

INTERESTS:
- Campaigns, elections and civic engagement and political activism
- Human rights and civil rights advocacy
- Hiking, fishing, and camping

HMONG LANGUAGE AT A GLANCE:
There are many unique dialects in the Hmong language as spoken by some 5 million people in parts of China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, including more than 400,000 in the U.S., Canada, France, Australia,and South America. I am fluent and can translate or interpret for the Green and White Hmong dialects.