U Zaw

U Zaw is a lifelong committed educator and youth mentor with extensive experience in inclusive education, digital technology, and youth mentorship.

He earned both a Master's Degree in Instructional System Technology (Education) and a Bachelor's Degree in East Asian Studies from Indiana University Bloomington. He had almost twenty years of professional experience as an IT specialist and application developer for the World Bank, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Ecological Society of America, Voice of America, and the Department of Defense before his return to Myanmar (Burma), where he worked as a consultant and advisor for several educational projects and activities, such as Myanmar Mobile Education (MYME), Sky Age Free Mobile Education (SAFME), and 360ed, while providing a weekend free education program to teach and mentor hundreds of students and youth. In addition, he worked as a technical consultant and advisor for the USAID project activities in Myanmar (2017-2024). Recently, he served as a Communications Director for the USAID-funded Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship Program (DISP).

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