Arts and Culture Coordinator, XIA Gallery and Cafe
Npaus Baim is an educator and storyteller, who collects the narratives of Asian Americans. In 2023, she taught A Reflection on Hmong Culture & Language with Public Art St. Paul for the Sidewalk Poetry Workshop series. In 2022, she published the digital zine “Hmong American Experiences during the Pandemic” with Hmong Museum. In 2019 to 2021, she was published in #MinneAsianStories with Coalition of Asian American Leaders, Staring Down the Tiger by Pa Der Vang, and The Summit Avenue Review. Previously, Npaus Baim worked in higher education and taught the course College Writing at the University of Minnesota Duluth as an instructor, as well as a Writers Consultant for the Writing Workshops. Currently, she works at XIA Gallery & Cafe as an Arts & Culture Coordinator to support and celebrate Asian & BIPOC artists. Npaus Baim recently started her youth program, SEA (Southeast Asians) Us Write & Design focused on fostering the creative, entrepreneurship, and leadership skills of Southeast Asian youth. It was funded by Coalition Asian American Leaders’ Sparks Fund Leadership and the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota’s Women Innovators Program. Together, Npaus Baim and the youth group published the magazine, “Hmong Palette: Our Uniqueness in Bloom.”