Chia Lee Xiong is a community engagement coordinator at Three Rivers Park District. She focuses her efforts on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and on engaging marginalized communities in the outdoors. Outside of work, Chia is a leader in her community where she coordinates of the Hmong Women + Queer Outdoors group, is an active member of the Hmong Public Health Association, and has been part of the Hennepin County Hmong Community Leadership Team for the past 4 years. Chia holds a Bachelor of Arts in geography from the University of St Thomas, and while there she was an intern at Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota. She also has a Master of Public Health in health behavior and health education from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. In her free time, she enjoys picking up new hobbies and exploring the world through traveling and watching documentaries.
