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Meet The Members
Saleen Yang
HWS Chair
Profession: Businessowner of Saleen Yang Agency – American Family Insurance located in Greenfield and Oshkosh, WI – Protecting people’s dreams with all their insurance needs.
Purpose: HWS member for 10+ years. I want to empower young Hmong girls and women to become the best version of themselves. I believe we can all help each other rise. A great friend always says “It is not the destination that matters but the company”. HWS has inspired me to grow personally and professionally, and I will continue to pass that forward.
Interests: I enjoy hobbies such as travel, hiking, music, art and spending time with family and friends.
Email: saleenpyang@gmail.co
Profession: Businessowner of Saleen Yang Agency – American Family Insurance located in Greenfield and Oshkosh, WI – Protecting people’s dreams with all their insurance needs.
Purpose: HWS member for 10+ years. I want to empower young Hmong girls and women to become the best version of themselves. I believe we can all help each other rise. A great friend always says “It is not the destination that matters but the company”. HWS has inspired me to grow personally and professionally, and I will continue to pass that forward.
Interests: I enjoy hobbies such as travel, hiking, music, art and spending time with family and friends.
Email: saleenpyang@gmail.co
Chai Moua
HWS CoChair
Profession: Business owner of Sweet Chai Cafe
Purpose: I Joined HWS in November 2017. Hmong women society has given me opportunities to learn how to self love and support other women and children. I have been successful with this group of ladies.
Interests: Traveling, cooking, dancing and spending time with family and friends.
Email: chaimoua920@hotmail.com
Profession: Business owner of Sweet Chai Cafe
Purpose: I Joined HWS in November 2017. Hmong women society has given me opportunities to learn how to self love and support other women and children. I have been successful with this group of ladies.
Interests: Traveling, cooking, dancing and spending time with family and friends.
Email: chaimoua920@hotmail.com
Mai Her
HWS Secretary
Profession: Manager at Walmart
Purpose: Member of HWS for over 12 years. Joined because I wanted to learn more, give back to the community, and grow myself.
Talents: creativity
Interests: Love to contribute and help out in the community. Spend time with friends and family. Learn real estate and business.
Motivational Quote: “In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln
Email: leejniam@sbcglobal.com
Profession: Manager at Walmart
Purpose: Member of HWS for over 12 years. Joined because I wanted to learn more, give back to the community, and grow myself.
Talents: creativity
Interests: Love to contribute and help out in the community. Spend time with friends and family. Learn real estate and business.
Motivational Quote: “In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln
Email: leejniam@sbcglobal.com
Blia Vang
HWS Treasurer
Profession: Business owner, Blia Vang Insurance Agency (State Farm)
Purpose: Hmong Women Society has given me opportunities to make a difference in our Hmong community locally and even globally. I believe that everyone has a calling in their life to do better and bigger things that they are doing right now. Through HWS, I want to inspire other people to dream more and become more so they can see the best version of themselves. Most importantly, for them to know that we don’t need to be great to get started but we must start in order to be great at anything.
Interests: Traveling, cooking, and spending quality times with family and friends.
Email: nplias.vaj@gmail.com
Profession: Business owner, Blia Vang Insurance Agency (State Farm)
Purpose: Hmong Women Society has given me opportunities to make a difference in our Hmong community locally and even globally. I believe that everyone has a calling in their life to do better and bigger things that they are doing right now. Through HWS, I want to inspire other people to dream more and become more so they can see the best version of themselves. Most importantly, for them to know that we don’t need to be great to get started but we must start in order to be great at anything.
Interests: Traveling, cooking, and spending quality times with family and friends.
Email: nplias.vaj@gmail.com
Chue Vang
Member
Profession: Serves as a Claim Specialist with the federal government, where she is committed to helping individuals navigate complex processes with professionalism, integrity, and compassion.
She takes pride in serving the public and making a meaningful impact through her work. As a member of the Hmong Women’s Society Scholarship Review Committee, Chue is passionate about empowering the next generation through education and community engagement. She joined Hmong Women Society because she values the power of sisterhood and believes in making a lasting difference through servant leadership, mentorship, and giving back to the community.
Interests: Outside of her professional and volunteer commitments, Chue enjoys traveling, fishing, and spending quality time with her family. She believes that life’s greatest rewards come from building meaningful relationships, embracing new experiences, and investing in the success of others.
Favorite Quote: “Your dreams are valid, but they require courage, perseverance, and action. Believe in yourself, embrace every opportunity to learn, and never underestimate the difference you can make in the lives of others.”
Email: chueminglana@gmail.com
Profession: Serves as a Claim Specialist with the federal government, where she is committed to helping individuals navigate complex processes with professionalism, integrity, and compassion.
She takes pride in serving the public and making a meaningful impact through her work. As a member of the Hmong Women’s Society Scholarship Review Committee, Chue is passionate about empowering the next generation through education and community engagement. She joined Hmong Women Society because she values the power of sisterhood and believes in making a lasting difference through servant leadership, mentorship, and giving back to the community.
Interests: Outside of her professional and volunteer commitments, Chue enjoys traveling, fishing, and spending quality time with her family. She believes that life’s greatest rewards come from building meaningful relationships, embracing new experiences, and investing in the success of others.
Favorite Quote: “Your dreams are valid, but they require courage, perseverance, and action. Believe in yourself, embrace every opportunity to learn, and never underestimate the difference you can make in the lives of others.”
Email: chueminglana@gmail.com
Cinda Vang
Member
Profession: Registered Nurse
Purpose: I joined HWS in early 2013. My hope is to be connected, inspire and share experiences with others Hmong women. I am a mother of 4 children (2 daughters and 2 sons) and a grandma of 7 beautiful and healthy grandkids. Also, I am a wife of 35 years to a wonderful man. Most importantly, I am a businesswoman, owning and operating my personal care agency for more than 7 years serving over 22 counties.
Interest: Line Dancing, Partying, Walking/Jogging, and Hehaw with my ladies.
Motivational Quote to live by "Obstacles are things people see when we take our eyes off our goals.".....by E. Joseph Cossman
Email: Cinda_Vang@Yahoo.com
Profession: Registered Nurse
Purpose: I joined HWS in early 2013. My hope is to be connected, inspire and share experiences with others Hmong women. I am a mother of 4 children (2 daughters and 2 sons) and a grandma of 7 beautiful and healthy grandkids. Also, I am a wife of 35 years to a wonderful man. Most importantly, I am a businesswoman, owning and operating my personal care agency for more than 7 years serving over 22 counties.
Interest: Line Dancing, Partying, Walking/Jogging, and Hehaw with my ladies.
Motivational Quote to live by "Obstacles are things people see when we take our eyes off our goals.".....by E. Joseph Cossman
Email: Cinda_Vang@Yahoo.com
Houa Vang
Member
Profession: Social Security Insurance Administrator
Purpose: I came to the United States on 10/28/1979 as a pre-teen and married my husband in June 1987. I have 5 children. I am one of the veteran members of HWS. I joined HWS in the summer of 1989. I have an Associate Degree in Accounting from Lakeshore Technical College and BA from Lakeland Unversity in Business Administration with a minor in Economics. I previously worked for 10 years with the Sheboygan Area School District helping parents and students in the school district. I have been working at the Social Security Administration for the last 25 years.
Philosophy: I strongly believe that every Hmong woman must be self-sufficient and successful in order to raise successful children around the globe. Women have to support our spouse to lift our community out of poverty. Therefore, my mission is to encourage and promote young girls and women to advance to become future leaders and to achieve their careers.
Interests: In my spare time, I enjoy helping others in the community locally and internationally.
Email: houavang68@yahoo.com
Profession: Social Security Insurance Administrator
Purpose: I came to the United States on 10/28/1979 as a pre-teen and married my husband in June 1987. I have 5 children. I am one of the veteran members of HWS. I joined HWS in the summer of 1989. I have an Associate Degree in Accounting from Lakeshore Technical College and BA from Lakeland Unversity in Business Administration with a minor in Economics. I previously worked for 10 years with the Sheboygan Area School District helping parents and students in the school district. I have been working at the Social Security Administration for the last 25 years.
Philosophy: I strongly believe that every Hmong woman must be self-sufficient and successful in order to raise successful children around the globe. Women have to support our spouse to lift our community out of poverty. Therefore, my mission is to encourage and promote young girls and women to advance to become future leaders and to achieve their careers.
Interests: In my spare time, I enjoy helping others in the community locally and internationally.
Email: houavang68@yahoo.com
Mee Saykao
Member
Profession: My professional background is in education, career and Mental Health Counseling where I used to work as a Career and Mental Health Counselor at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. Prior to joining NWTC, I also worked as a Social Worker with Sheboygan and Manitowoc County Human Services.
If you're exploring post secondary education options and have questions regarding where to begin or what support services are available, please reach out to me.
Purpose: HWS provides me with opportunities to network and grow with other professional Hmong women who share the same vision of empowering others through charity work, financial support, and creating events for the elders and families.
Interests: Family is priority for me, but with grown children who are independent, my husband and I have the flexibility to go explore the world together as both of us are retired.
Motivational Quote: One of my motivational quotes is that there are seven things that you can always control: Your attitude, words, actions, effort, honesty, kindness, response and honesty.
Email: Saykaomee@gmail.com
Profession: My professional background is in education, career and Mental Health Counseling where I used to work as a Career and Mental Health Counselor at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. Prior to joining NWTC, I also worked as a Social Worker with Sheboygan and Manitowoc County Human Services.
If you're exploring post secondary education options and have questions regarding where to begin or what support services are available, please reach out to me.
Purpose: HWS provides me with opportunities to network and grow with other professional Hmong women who share the same vision of empowering others through charity work, financial support, and creating events for the elders and families.
Interests: Family is priority for me, but with grown children who are independent, my husband and I have the flexibility to go explore the world together as both of us are retired.
Motivational Quote: One of my motivational quotes is that there are seven things that you can always control: Your attitude, words, actions, effort, honesty, kindness, response and honesty.
Email: Saykaomee@gmail.com
Tina Chang
Member
Profession: Permanent Makeup Tattoo Artist
Purpose: I joined the Hmong Women Society because I see the vision of Hmong women: we have great love, support each other, and help the community. My goal is to support our young men and women's education to go far and prosper with other people competing to become politicians.
Interests: Traveling, hiking, reading, learning about other cultures.
Email: tina_chang32@hotmail.com
Profession: Permanent Makeup Tattoo Artist
Purpose: I joined the Hmong Women Society because I see the vision of Hmong women: we have great love, support each other, and help the community. My goal is to support our young men and women's education to go far and prosper with other people competing to become politicians.
Interests: Traveling, hiking, reading, learning about other cultures.
Email: tina_chang32@hotmail.com
Yeng Vang
HWS 2024 Treasurer
Profession: Registered Nurse
Purpose: I have been with HWS for 3 years.
Interests: I love spending time with my family, friends, and HWS ladies. I love traveling and seeing the world.
Email: yengvang60@gmail.com
Profession: Registered Nurse
Purpose: I have been with HWS for 3 years.
Interests: I love spending time with my family, friends, and HWS ladies. I love traveling and seeing the world.
Email: yengvang60@gmail.com
Xia Vang
Member
Profession: Family Medicine Physican
Purpose: I joined HWS as a professional Hmong womxn in 2020 in order to serve my community. Preserving my Hmong culture is important to me, and it is through connection, collaboration, and partnership with the youth and women that will allow for this to happen. Without intentionally preserving the uniqueness of our culture, ranging from our clothes to our food, to our language, we are at risk of losing our Hmong identity. I also strive to promote postsecondary education for the Hmong youth. I strongly believe that education allows individuals to turn their dreams into reality. I hope to connect with Hmong youth and serve as a resource. The Sheboygan Hmong community may be smaller than other Hmong communities, but it is amazing what a small group of strong Hmong womxn can accomplish!
Motivational Quote: “Fight for the things that you care about. But do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” ― Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Interests: Reading, traveling, learning about new cultures, gardening, and yoga.
Email: xvang07@gmail.com
Profession: Family Medicine Physican
Purpose: I joined HWS as a professional Hmong womxn in 2020 in order to serve my community. Preserving my Hmong culture is important to me, and it is through connection, collaboration, and partnership with the youth and women that will allow for this to happen. Without intentionally preserving the uniqueness of our culture, ranging from our clothes to our food, to our language, we are at risk of losing our Hmong identity. I also strive to promote postsecondary education for the Hmong youth. I strongly believe that education allows individuals to turn their dreams into reality. I hope to connect with Hmong youth and serve as a resource. The Sheboygan Hmong community may be smaller than other Hmong communities, but it is amazing what a small group of strong Hmong womxn can accomplish!
Motivational Quote: “Fight for the things that you care about. But do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” ― Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Interests: Reading, traveling, learning about new cultures, gardening, and yoga.
Email: xvang07@gmail.com
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