Hmong Student Association (HSA) at UC Merced is a vibrant and welcoming community dedicated to supporting and empowering students through the Hmong Culture. We strive to create a supportive environment where students can connect with their cultural heritage, build lasting friendships, and achieve academic success. We achieve this through a variety of events, workshops, and activities that celebrate Hmong culture, provide academic support, and foster leadership development. We warmly encourage all students, regardless of background, to join us and experience the richness of our community. HSA is a place where students can build lasting friendships, achieve academic support, and connect with the Hmong heritage.
We celebrate cultural pride among all students.
We focus on encouraging everyone to strive for higher education.
Celebrating Hmong heritage on campus.
We are one big family, We stand together and we are eachother's home away from home.
We are open to everyone. The more the better.
We respect whoever is talking and take turns speaking.
We know where we came from and we are Proud of how far we have come since then.
We help eachother and we inspire eachother to reach greater heights and better eachother.
“My favorite moments in being apart of HSA come from walking into every meeting and greeting everybody like we haven’t met in years.”— Ethan Vang
“This life with everyone is like the home I didn't expect to find.”— Paofue Moua, Historian 2025-2026
