Richard Hawj
Hmong Language Teacher at Saint Paul Public Schools
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolRichard Hawj is a dedicated Hmong language educator and current Concordia College graduate student pursuing a second M.Ed. in K-12 World Language Instruction, bringing nine years of experience across K–12 settings. He holds an MAT in Elementary Education and has taught Hmong language and culture at multiple schools, from dual-language elementary classrooms to high school. Beyond the classroom, Richard has a decade-long track record managing an immigration services business, demonstrating strong communication, community engagement, and practical problem-solving. He also works as a software engineer at MPR with Ruby/Rails experience, combining technical chops with a maker’s mindset—he builds with wood and runs D&D campaigns as a lifelong DM. Based in Saint Paul, MN, he blends cultural advocacy, classroom pedagogy, and hands-on technical work to create engaging, culturally responsive learning experiences.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts in Teaching - MAT, Elementary Education and Teaching, Master of Arts in Teaching - MAT, Elementary Education and Teaching at Concordia University-St. PaulBA, Political Science, BA, Political Science at Augsburg UniversityAugsburg Fairview Academy for Health CareersMaster of Arts - MA, EDUCATION, Master of Arts - MA, EDUCATION at Concordia College
Hmong
Stackoverflow
76reputation
6kreached
1answer
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Github Skills (27)
udp7
client-server7
python7
dvd7
shell7
react6
nodejs6
material-table6
asynchronous6
javascript6
async6
scalable5
libuv5
networking5
movie5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
tsimnujhawj/SnowballFight
Feb 2019 - Mar 2019
Contributions:36 commits, 34 pushes, 1 branch in 3 days
tsimnujhawj/deathnblades
Jun 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:58 commits, 31 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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