Nkaujnou Vang-Vue Madison School District’s First Hmong American Principal
Nkaujnou Vang-Vue and her parents first settled in Fresno, California. In 1992, her family moved to Holmen, outside of La Crosse, WI.
She finished public school in Holmen and eventually went to college at UW-Madison, where she graduated with a degree in social work.
“I started my career in Wisconsin Rapids as a school social worker,” she says. “I spent five good years there working with students and staff and the school and building a strong school community, all in service of students being successful as learners.”
After that she worked as a district student services coordinator in the School District of Holmen. She got her start in Madison as assistant principal at Glenn Stephens Elementary School in 2015. She worked as assistant principal at Lake View during the 2018-2019 school year, and became principal this fall.
