Oftentimes, when we talk about the history of Hmong people and their contributions to the U.S. during the Secret War, the stories of women and their enormous body of work during that time are erased. Here’s one story you should know. The one that belongs to Choua Thao and how she has taken her place in U.S. history as the first Hmong trained nurse, helping to teach hundreds of mostly Hmong nurses so they could bridge the cultural divide in the medical field during a volatile time in Southeast As