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A guest speaker discusses racial stereotypes during a class in the Community Health Workers Training Program, which teaches trainees to bring health education and expertise to the communities they serve. Photo provided by Azure’De Williams.
Po Too knows what it’s like to come to America for the first time.
She’s experienced the struggles of adjusting to a language barrier, a different culture and unfamiliar surroundings.
Too, 28, first came to Wisconsin 14 years ago. She and her family fled Burma, now Myanmar, and spent years in a refugee camp before she found herself in Milwaukee.
Po Too knows what it’s like to come to America for the first time.
She’s experienced the struggles of adjusting to a language barrier, a different culture and unfamiliar surroundings.
Too, 28, first came to Wisconsin 14 years ago. She and her family fled Burma, now Myanmar, and spent years in a refugee camp before she found herself in Milwaukee.
Now, Too spends her time working to help refugees as a bilingual community health worker for Advocate Aurora, serving the Karen community in southeastern Wisconsin. Karen refers to a group of people from a specific region in Burma.
“I believe I can be a voice for them,” Too said.