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According to the Wisconsin Hmong Association, Hmong New Year — traditionally celebrated at the end of December — serves as a time for families to celebrate new beginnings with food, dancing and games.

She conceived of Diane's Place as a restaurant that would meld her pastry skills with the traditional Hmong food she grew up learning to cook, she told the Stevens Point Journal in 2022.