"On the road", doing fieldwork as a graduate student in anthropology major. Waking up at 3AM and walking hours to go to the Saturday's Market in Non-Het, Xieng Khouang, Laos, 1996.
That day, she was experiencing a piece of the Hmong life at the beginning of the 20th century where going to the market was the happiest time for many because one could meet friends and relatives.

Professional Experiences
+ Coordinator of the Hmong Studies Program, 2012-present, Linguistics Department, CSU-Fresno
+ Advisor of the Hmong Minor, 2016-present, CSU-Fresno
+ Coordinator of the creation of the Hmong Minor, 2012-16, Linguistics Department, CSU-Fresno
+ Hmong instructor, beginning to advanced levels, UW-Madison, CSU-Fresno, Fresno City College.
+ French instructor, beginning to advanced levels, French Linguistics and Cooperation Center in Vientiane (Laos), APAZ Association (France), CSU-Fresno, Fresno City College.
+ Instructor, HealthCare Interpreting, Reedley College, 2011-15.
+ Research Assistant, Southeast Asian Health Center, University of California, San Francisco, Fresno, 2002-2003
+ Post-graduate Researcher-Project Director of the Project "Quality of Care for Southeast Asian Refugees" funded by the National Institute of Health, University of California, San Francisco, 2000-2002.
+ Director, Center for 3-6 year old Children, Valdégour, Nimes, 1992

Present and Past Professional Activities
Creator and organizer of the Hmong Voices Series, Fresno State, 2017-now
Founder & Board Director of the Hmong Language Association (HLA), 2016- 2019.
Vice-President, Council of the Teaching of Southeast Asian Language (CoTSEAL)
Board Director of the French Alliance of Fresno (AF)
Member of the California Language Teachers Association (CLTA)
Member of the Central Valley World Language Association (CVWLA)
Member, National Network on HIV Prevention in Southeast Asian Communities, 2002-03
Writer, Hmong Times Newspaper, 1999-2001
Associate then Corresponding Member of the Institute for
Research on Southeast Asia/Maison de l'Asie-Pacifique
Board Director, Fonds d'Action Social (Grants for Migrant population), Region of the Languedoc-Roussillon, France, 1996-1999.

Published Books
Kao-Ly Yang, 2023, Mong Leng for Beginning Level. The Hmong Language & Culture Consultation, Fresno, 194 pages.
Kao-Ly Yang, 2023, Mong Leng Lab Manual for Beginning Level, The Hmong Language & Culture Consultation, Fresno,, 72 pages
Kao-Ly Yang, 2021, Planting a Tree. Let's Learn Hmoob Language. Kawm Lus Hmoob, The Press at California State University, Fresno, 194 pages.
Kao-Ly Yang, 2021, Exercise and Lab Manual. Planting a Tree. Let's Learn Hmoob Language. Kawm Lus Hmoob, The Press at California State University, Fresno, 72 pages.

​Non-Published Textbooks for Hmong Language
Kao-Ly Yang, 2019, Speaking Hmong. Hais Lus Hmoob . Beginning Level, 192p.
Kao-Ly Yang, 2019, Workbook. Speaking Hmong-Hais Lus Hmoob. With Exercises to Enhance Reading, Writing, Pronunciation & Speaking Skills, 61p.
Kao-Ly Yang, 2020, Learn Mong Leng. IB Tse Neeg Moob. 154p.
Kao-Ly Yang, 2020, Workbook. Learn Mong Leng. 47p.
Kao-Ly Yang, 2015, A Hmong Family . Ib Tse Neeg Hmoob. 2015. 154 p.
Kao-Ly Yang, 2019, A Hmong Family . Ib Tse Neeg Hmoob. WORKBOOK with Exercises, Lab and Speaking Activities. Edition 2015. 47 p.
Kao-Ly Yang, 2015, Literacy and Literature in Hmong, 2015, 102 p. (Text and Lab).
Kao-Ly Yang. Hmong Grammar, 2014, 141 pages.
Kao-Ly Yang, 2015, Life in Hmong Literature. Thaum Dab Neeg Qhia Yus Sau lub Neej. 85 p. (Texts and Lab Manual)
Kao-Ly Yang, 2016, Hmong Beliefs, Culture, Society, and History through Literature, 134 p. (Text and Lab Manual)

Selected Published Articles
+ in Troubling Borders. An Anthology of Art and Literature by Southeast Asian Women in the Diaspora: "Three Pearls Facing Unfaithfulness", 2014.
+ in Bulletin de l'Ecole Française d'Extreme-Orient (BEFEO): Mesurer et peser chez les Hmong du Laos. Aspects techniques et notions de précision
+ in Hmong Studies Journal: Syncretisme in Hmong System of Beliefs
+ in Book "Hmong/Miao in Asia: Reinterpretation of Hmong Surnames
+ in Hommes & Migrations: The Reproduction of Hmong Rituals in the French Context

Selected Conferences / Workshops
Conseil International d'Etudes Francophones (CIEF), Winnipeg, Canada, 2015
California Language Teacher Association, Visalia, California, 2015
CoTSEAL, University of Wisconsin- Madison, 2012
CIEF, French Guiana, 2007
CSU- Fresno (several presentations)
University of Minnesota, 2005
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003 & 2012
University of California San Francisco, (several presentations)
Asian American Association- Salt Lake City, 2002
American Public Health Association (APHA), 2001
University of California-Berkeley, 2001
Hmong National Development, Inc, 1999 & 2001

Selected Themes Presented
The Hmong French and American Identities, Winnipeg, 2014
Teaching Values in Hmong, California Langages Teachers Association (CLTA), 2014
The Difficulties of Teaching French to Students of Hmong Origin), French Guiana, 2007.
Teaching Tones in Hmong, CLTA, Santa Clara, 2007
Pre-Reading Activities in French, CLTA, Saint Clara, 2007
The Adventure of Teaching a Recent Writing System: the Hmong Case, CLTA, Fresno, 2006
Where Do Hmong Women's Souls Go After Death? University of MN, 2005
The Goddess of Mercy Kuanyin in the Hmong Culture: an Example of Syncretism, CSUF-Fresno, 2005

Courses Taught
+ Hmong Language, Culture & Literature (Beginning to advanced levels + Topical courses)
+ French Language, Culture & Literature (Beginning to advanced levels + Topical courses)
+ Asian American Women
+ Healthcare Interpreting

Consultation Experiences
+ Linguist, American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), 2011- now
+ Expert Witness for Hmong culture, court case, Sacramento, 2011
+ Advisor, California Subject Examination for Teacher in Hmong (CSET-Hmong), 2007
+ Advisor, Central Valley Nursing Diversity Project, University of California, San Francisco, Survey in the Hmong community, Fresno, CA, 2003
+ Developer, curriculum of Hmong Language for the Academy Hope Charter School, St Paul, MN, 2001
+ Linguist, Hmong dictionary French-Hmong in English-Hmong
+ Translator, Translation & Proof reading (scientific, medical, cultural, commercial)
+ Advisor, cultural consultation for the Night show of Hmong oral literature and music, DRAC (Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles), 1995

Reunion with Hmong students, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2010.

Reunion with Fresno State Hmong students who greatly contributed to create the Hmong minor, 2015.

Reunion with Fresno State French Students during the French Alliance Beaujolais, November 2012.