Seattle, Wa.– Scott Chang grew up among the tulips and irises at Pike Place Market. The 30-year-old Seattle native remembers taking naps in one of the flower stalls as a toddler while his mother sold their bouquets.
Chang's parents were among the first Hmong refugees from Laos to start selling the market's famous bouquets in the late 1980s. Now, about 40 percent of the dozens of flower vendors at the market are Hmong too.
Many are now second generation Hmong refugees, like Chang. He still helps his mom pick the flowers every evening at their farm outside Seattle and then arranges bouquets the next morning to sell at the market.
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