Sun Ny Vang earned his bachelor’s degree in Music Education (K-12 vocal/classroom) from The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, MN. There he was a McNair Scholar, studying Hmong kwv txhiaj and lug txaj (chant story) under cultural anthropologist and ethnomusicologist Elyse Carter-Vosen. Vang currently studies ethnomusicology with a designated emphasis in Native American Studies. His research interests include Hmong and Indigenous music/sound studies, poetry, storytelling, cultural expression, language, and oral histories.