

I am a PhD student in Political Science at Cornell University, specializing comparative politics and international relations with a focus on regime change, political violence, authoritarianism, and rebel politics.
Before enrolling at Cornell, I earned BA in Asian Studies from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa in 2024, following a seven-year gap after dropping out of Yangon University of Distance Education at Sittwe University.
I am a 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow, a 2025 Civil War Paths Fellow at the University of York, and a 2025 Diversity Fellow at the American Political Science Association (APSA). At Cornell, I am also a 2025 Reppy Fellow at the Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, and a Graduate Student Affiliate at Southeast Asian Program (SEAP).
I have written about coup, protests, resistance, and human rights in Myanmar for a range of global outlets, including TIME Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, Foreign Policy, The Diplomat, and Al Jazeera.
Originally from a small, deprived rural village in Mrauk-U township, I am proud to be my family's first high school graduate.
To contact, kh827@cornell.edu.
Previously, as a former contributing writer for Pulitzer Center, I was one of the winners of the 2021 Human Rights Press Awards in Commentary, and the 2021 Sigma Delta Chi Awards in Foreign Correspondence from the Society of Professional Journalist (SPJ), as well as a finalist for the 2021 Society of Publisher in Asia (SOPA) awards for the Excellence in Opinion Writing.