Laura Yuen

Reporter

Laura Yuen is a metro reporter for Minnesota Public Radio News. She’s interested in covering race, ethnicity and the immigrant experience.

Laura Yuen is a metro reporter for Minnesota Public Radio News. She’s interested in covering race, ethnicity and the immigrant experience. Her radio series on young Somali-Americans, "Civil War Kids," won the national Society of Professional Journalists New America Award, which honors work that explores issues of importance to immigrant communities living in the United States.

A ‘Dora The Explorer’ for Muslims?

August 6, 2015Books

What inspired Amir and Mohammed Aaser to create children’s books? “We said there’s no way we want Aasiya, my sister’s daughter, to experience the same challenges as we did.”

How to walk on ice, and other essential winter-survival tips for newcomers to America

November 28, 2014Education

A billboard displays a verse from the Koran that urges women to wear a hijab in the northern province of Raqqa in March. ISIS has imposed sweeping restrictions like this in areas where it has gained control.

A shy 19-year-old woman disappeared in Minnesota — and resurfaced in Syria

September 15, 2014Belief

Imam Hassan Mohamud, from Somalia, speaks about the recent Nairobi terrorist attacks during an English-language service in late September at the Minnesota Da'Wah Institute.

A Somali imam declares war on al-Shabab, in Somalia and at his mosque in Minnesota

October 8, 2013Conflict & Justice

A New Magazine Hopes to Spark Frank Talk About Race and Identity in Adoption

September 17, 2013Arts, Culture & Media