Pahoua Yang, licensed psychologist based at the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation in St. Paul, was one of five leaders honored at the Hmong National Development Conference.

The conference brings hundreds of Hmong students and working professionals from across the country together and hosted annually in different states. Now in its 17th year, the 3-day weekend is held to “build capacity, educate attendees on Hmong issues, and discuss pressing issues in the Hmong community.”

Yang holds a Ph.D. in educational psychology (CSPP) from the University of Minnesota and is licensed as an independent clinical social worker. Her work at Wilder focuses on creating equal access to mental health services in the communities that she serves and teaching clinicians of color how to work with ethnic communities who are unaccustomed to mental health services.

Read more about this outstanding alumna from a recent interview by the Pioneer Press.