Name: Chia Vang
Program: Head Start
Position: Health Liaison

First Job: Office Assistant at Fresno County Department of Social Services

Birthplace: Luang Prabang, Laos

Years at FCEOC: 12 years

Best advice ever received: “Being persistent and determinant”

Favorite advice I give: “Know yourself better” and “Never give up”

Favorite restaurant, dish, or pig-out food: Livingston Restaurant, Lobster tail

Proudest moment: Being mother of a beautiful 18 month old girl.

Greatest personal accomplishment: Obtaining two years college degree

Best vacation I’ve taken/dream vacation: Traveling to Cheng Mai, Thailand

Favorite weekend activity: Gong to Pismo Beach and San Francisco’s China town for shopping.

Last good movie I saw: Ntuj Tsho Koj Los Rau Kuv (God Give You to Me)

Scariest experience: Finding a live snake and frog in my bedroom.

If I had a million dollars I would… Share it with my family, my Hmong church, and buy land to build a cultural center.

Favorite place to shop: Macy’s and Kohl’s

Favorite childhood memory: Traveling with my parents from Thai Camp to the city of Bankko, Thailand

Words that describe me best: Loyal, caring, sharing, compassionate, detail oriented.

I like to watch: ABC Channel 30 at 6:00 News, and All My Children

In my spare time… I read books to my daughter, and watched Disney movie.

If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is… I would not get married so young, at the age of 13 years old.