User:Noukouthao

Noukou Thao is a Hmong-American writer who was born in Laos. Her family resettled as Vietnam War refugees to Selma, Alabama. At an early age, Noukou Thao discovered the power of language by reading a sonnet. Since then she has pursued her love of the English language by becoming a writer.

Noukou Thao graduated with a BA in English from the University of Wisconsin in 1996 and has held writing jobs in the non-profit sector and health management. She is at work on a novel about the Hmong as well as a collection of poems about identity.