Staff Members
Tea Rozman
Executive Director
Tea Rozman
Tea moved to the US at the age of 20 after receiving a George Soros OSI scholarship to study at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire.
Ever since working in the refugee camps in the war-torn former Yugoslavia in the 90s, Tea made a commitment to serve those whose lives had been unjustly disrupted by conflict. Years later, as she visited Srebrenica residents as part of her postgraduate studies at New York University and later University of Nova Gorica, Tea realized the impact of first-person digital story sharing. In 2013 she received a PhD in Cultural History, specializing in oral history recording, and has since committed her life to healing trauma, empowerment and amplifying the voices of immigrants. She is passionate about social justice, brave spaces, social entrepreneurship and immigrant leadership.
In 2013, Tea co-founded Green Card Voices, an organization that combats stereotypes by empowering immigrants to tell their stories. Her and her team has recorded and shared stories of 500 immigrants and refugees coming from 150 countries and living in Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, New York, California and Georgia. She is the editor of eight books – all award-winning collections of first-person immigrant stories and 2015 Bush Fellow.
Tea is passionate about travel, running, hiking, kite flying, horses and growing vegetables. She is a mom to two amazing pre-teen daughters and two loving (and occasionally) naughly beagles. In the summers she can be found hiking in the Slovenin Alps and swimming off of the Croatian coast with dozens of members of her immediate and extended family.
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Julie Vang
Program Director
Julie Vang
Julie Vang (she/her) is a certified Hmong-American yoga instructor, creative writer, community builder, and the Program Director at Green Card Voices. Julie is committed in shifting cultures, spaces, and mindsets to build healing, equitable, and inclusive communities to thrive. You’ll find her sipping on boba tea, meditating, hiking, and having heart-to-heart conversations.
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Aaliyah Hannah
Finance and Operations Director
Aaliyah Hannah
Aaliyah Hannah (she/her) is a Black American from the South Side of Chicago, IL. She graduated from UW-Platteville in 2018 with a BA in Criminal Justice and Political Science. She is passionate about restorative justice and providing space and opportunity for BIPOC folks. In her free time, she can be found reading, biking and occasionally painting.
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Tri M. Vo
Social Media Intern
Tri M. Vo
Tri is a 1.5 gen immigrant, born in South Vietnam and came to the U.S with their mom when they were 4 to join their dad in Minnesota. Their professional training interests are planted in designing impactful and enduring marketing strategies for people who work to make just futures an irresistible reality.
As a person, Tri tells people they identify as a jungle punk USer- a lot. It’s the splashy title Tri gave themself to name to other people what politicized strip mall their values hung out at.
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Rebecca David
Community Storyteller
Rebecca David
Rebecca David is a South Sudanese-American who was born in Uganda because of the war in her country. She is a passionate journalist and community storyteller with Green Card Voices. Rebecca believes in empowering others to share their truth so they can in turn change minds, hearts, and the world.
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Asha Thanki
Podcast Manager Intern
Asha Thanki
Asha Thanki is a Gujarati American writer and the Podcast Manager at Green Card Voices. With a background in policy and communications, Asha is interested in witness, authentic storytelling, and narratives that personalize data journalism. She received her B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University, and is working toward her M.F.A. in Creative Writing at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
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Zaynab Abdi
Immigrant and Refugee Youth Ambassador
Zaynab Abdi
Zaynab Abdi is a Black, Muslim, Immigrant woman who is passionate about social justice and advocacy. Zaynab works as an Immigrant and Refugee Youth Ambassador at Green Card Voices. She graduated as magna cum laude from St. Catherine University, St. Paul with three Bachelors’s degrees in Political Science,
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