Who We Are

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.

Contact: tea@greencardvoices.org

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.

Contact: julie@greencardvoices.org

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.

Contact: aaliyah@greencardvoices.org

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.

Contact: socialmedia@greencardvoices.org

Sylvie Dosseh

Program Associate

Sylvie Dosseh

Sylvie Dosseh is a Montessori educator and a mother of two beautiful children. She was born and raised in Dakar, Senegal of Togolese parents. As a teenager she moved to Togo and later immigrated to the US as a young adult.

Sylvie has worked as an educator since 2001 and is passionate about child and family advocacy, ensuring that children are always a priority. She joined AmeriCorps-Public Allies in 2019 and on this year’s journey with the Organization/Program, she has been placed at Green Card Voices.

Sylvie has always embraced cultural diversity and fills most fulfilled when surrounded by people of different cultural backgrounds. She still reminisces about her time at then-Winnetka Learning Center, working with families that came from all corners of the world and being enriched by their stories. So, she is thrilled to be the new Program Associate at Green Card Voices where she hopes not only to help the organization build capacity but also to gain new skills from the experience.

Sylvie believes that being placed at Green Card Voices is a true stroke of serendipity since writing is one of her hobbies. She hopes someday to be able to share her work with the world as an emerging writer.

Sylvie lives in Minneapolis and enjoys spending her free time with her family and going on walks.

Contact: sylvie@greencardvoices.org

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.

Contact: communitystoryteller@greencardvoices.org

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, International Studies, and Philosophy. She is also an Advocate for girls’ education where she spoke at many places including the United Nations to speak about the importance of educating girls in countries where girls are disadvantaged. Zaynab is a Co~author in Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from a Minneapolis High School and was featured in Malala’s new book We Are Displaced. Besides her advocacy life, Zaynab loves to play soccer and bike during her free time.

Contact: zaynab@greencardvoices.org

Haji Yussuf

Mayuli Bales

Joe Sinayoko

Hussein “Suud Olat” Mohamud

Staff Members

Tea Rozman

Julie Vang

Aaliyah Hannah

Tri M. Vo

Sylvie Dosseh

Rebecca David

Zaynab Abdi

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