Rise Fellow 2023

Yoon is a kind and curious young advocate from Myanmar. Growing up in a community where educational opportunities were limited, her life goal is to help solve the educational disparities of the world. From constructing a model of an artificial pancreas and scaling the second-highest mountain in Thailand to delivering talks on Islamophobia, she is dedicated to self-improvement and helping others. For her Rise project, Yoon designed and built "Code Thintan," the world's first free educational platform that teaches Python programming in Burmese. Yoon believes technology can significantly improve education and is working on developing an application that teaches six GCSE subjects in Burmese.