About

I'm a strategic communications professional and public policy researcher working at the intersection of digital rights, technology, and civic life. Based in Vienna, I hold a Master of Arts in Public Policy from Central European University, where my research focused on digital authoritarianism and freedom of expression — a natural extension of a career I've spent building platforms for women's voices and interrogating how power operates online.

Founder. In 2014, I founded Geek Girls Myanmar, growing it into a nationwide community that has delivered digital literacy training to over 1,000 women across 15 regions, with funding I secured from Ooredoo Myanmar, the U.S. Embassy in Myanmar, and Meta. A year later I co-founded and led Digital Kaway Ltd as CEO, a digital marketing agency that worked with more than 100 clients — including MNCs, INGOs, and SMEs — on over 150 brand and campaign projects across Myanmar. Both ventures reflect the same instinct: identify a gap in the media and technology landscape, and build the institution to fill it.

Digital rights & public policy. As a Research Grantee with the CEU Budapest Foundation (2024–2025), I led a study on the mechanisms of digital repression in Myanmar since the 2021 coup, combining interviews with activists, policymakers, and digital rights experts alongside original survey research on platform use and censorship. The work produced a policy report and op-eds aimed at informing international debate on digital authoritarianism. I've also served as a Human Rights Intern with the Wikimedia Foundation, researching disinformation and its human rights impacts, and have spoken and moderated widely on digital rights topics — from online hate speech and digital gender-based violence to disinformation and platform governance — at forums across Myanmar and internationally.

Juror & mentor. I've evaluated and advised the next generation of founders as a Judge for Strategic Communications on the international panel for Wildcats.io's business concept competition, and as a mentor and judge with Phandeeyar's Innovation Bus and Mandalay Business Challenge programs. I've spent years bringing that same mentorship to individual founders through the IEA Mentorship Program with the American Embassy in Myanmar.

My work has been recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia (2017), naming me among the "Pioneer Women Who Smashed the Glass Ceiling in Asia" in Media, Marketing & Advertising, and by The Holm Report's Innovator 25 Southeast Asia. I currently host SheTalks, a podcast on Spotify, and have spoken at platforms including the Forbes Global Summit, the Misk Global Forum in Riyadh, and the ASEAN–China UNDP Symposium on youth and the SDGs.