An intellectual activist with over 25 years of experience advocating for indigenous ethnic minority peoples in Southeast Asia.
Experience:

• Founder of the Community Entrepreneur Development Institute
• Founder of Toward Ethnic Women (TEW) for Women’s Rights
• Founder of the Center for Human Ecology Studies of Highlands (CHESH)
• Founder of the Center for Indigenous Knowledge Research and Development (CIRD)
• Founder of the Social Political Ecology Research Institute (SPERI)
• Consultant on Development (CODE) for transparency and sustainability in  extractive industry policy

Education:

• Honorary Research Associate in Anthropology at Waikato University, New Zealand
• Post graduate qualifications in “Ecological Based Natural Resource Management and Land Use Planning”, “Human Ecology” and “Environmental and Social Impact Assessment” 
• Ph.D. Dissertation: "Traditional Cultural-Based Co-Natural Resource Governance between Dao Ethnic Minority People and Ba Vi National Park" and "Resource Conflict Resolution and Social Justice"
• Biology Bachelor’s degree