Hmong Education Goals

In the United States, the Hmong American community has the largest youth population with half of its population being under the age of 18 years old.In addition, Hmong students have one of the lowest bachelor degree attainment rates across all racial and ethnic groups. Furthermore, there is a big gender difference among the rates in which Hmong male and females attend and complete college. Based on the 2013 Hmong National Development Conference report, roughly 29.9% of Hmong American females reported attending college or graduate/professional school, while only 23.4% of Hmong American males reported attending college. This data only represents the initial attendance of Hmong students attending colleges and not how many actually complete and obtain a degree. Therefore, my short term goal and long term educational goal is to attain my bachelor degree and proceed to graduate school. After attaining my master’s degree, I plan to use my education to create possibilities for Hmong youth. Furthermore,
As a Hmong youth myself, I find that there isn't enough spaces for Hmong youth to discover and receive appropriate support for their changing identities, family expectations and responsibilities, and academic guidance in high school. As a struggling youth with a loss of identity and voice, in addition to other factors such as family conflicts, it becomes hard for any student to focus on achieving high academics. Therefore, my long term personal and career goal is to use my knowledge, experience, and resources to create a Hmong male youth support program that would allow and encourage dialogues and learning among the participants. I plan to achieve this by first working with youth focus programs and taking some non-profit organization and grant writing course in