Dr. Xiong grew up in the Hmong community in Merced in the central valley of California. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of California at Davis and remained there for her medical training where she was a member of their Rural PRIME program which was created “ to train the best and the brightest medical students for a fulfilling career in a rural community. “ She states “My goal in pursuing medicine remains a simple one: become one more Hmong physician serving medically underserved communities like mine. I am the first person in my clan to attend medical school, a badge of honor I wear proudly”. Her hobbies are many and include cooking, exploring outdoors, camp, hike,, running (completed 2 half marathons), and training my dogs (chocolate lab and blue heeler).