"Being Hmong means being free."

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Growing up, my mother and grandmother would constantly tell me that only with hard work and determination will I be able to have a life worth living. Because of strong women like them, who set examples and support us, we are able to achieve many dreams and change the way society looks at us.

Because of them, we are Unleashed.

The human body is a landscape.

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Every curve to every hair is uniquely placed to make us an individual. There's grace in our scars and beauty in our flaws. 

​Life isn't all that bad when you can take pieces of metal, apply heat and pressure and give it a new purpose. Welding is like a life lesson: when you can't do something alone, under pressure and intense heat, you were always meant to combine forces and become stronger.