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Adora Vang
(she/her)
Design Mentor
Adora Vang is a freelance graphic designer and artist. She is the owner and head creative of Adora Vang Designs. Her business helps other individuals with custom visual elements – whether it’s designing a logo, printed business cards, restaurant menus, digital social graphics, custom artwork, or even a website, she enjoys doing it all. She is mostly known for her Hmong-inspired designs and artwork that reflects her culture and identity. Growing up, there was not much representation or pride in being Hmong or Asian American, and she uses her skills today to create art that she and others can feel proud of.
Adora Vang is a freelance graphic designer and artist. She is the owner and head creative of Adora Vang Designs. Her business helps other individuals with custom visual elements – whether it’s designing a logo, printed business cards, restaurant menus, digital social graphics, custom artwork, or even a website, she enjoys doing it all. She is mostly known for her Hmong-inspired designs and artwork that reflects her culture and identity. Growing up, there was not much representation or pride in being Hmong or Asian American, and she uses her skills today to create art that she and others can feel proud of.
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Gao Vang
(she/her)
Writer Mentor
Gao Vang writes creative nonfiction that explores her Hmong American identity, family stories, and positionality in a tender yet precarious world. Through personal essays, she examines the intersections of heritage, memory, and belonging. She earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Minnesota and was a 2020 recipient of the Minnesota State Arts Board Creative Individuals Grant. Her work appears in Staring Down the Tiger: Stories of Hmong American Women, an anthology showcasing the voices of Hmong American women writers.
Chee Vang writes stories about Hmong people, language, spirituality, history and contemporary experiences. Vang has been a recipient of The Loft Mentor Series for Fiction (2019), Mirrors and Windows Children’s Writing Fellowship (2024) and the Minnesota State Arts Board Creative Individuals Grant (2025). She completed her Master’s of Creative Writing and Publishing from the University of St. Thomas. Her writing can be found in Ramsey County Library’s anthology, This Was 2020, the Summit Avenue Review and Hmong Museum’s Digital Zine.