Principal Mimi Wong (a) Mimi Myint-Hpu has been working in the education sector for two decades. She was an advertising account executive at DDB Needham Worldwide in New York City prior to entering the education field.
Ms. Wong began her teaching career at Berlitz English Language Center in Bangkok teaching English at Thai schools (elementary, middle and high schools) and conducting business English training at various corporations.
Teacher Mimi left Myanmar as an elementary school student from Methodist English School, graduated high school from the International School of Bangkok, received a Bachelor of Arts from Vassar College (New York), and an Executive MBA from Assumption University.
Teacher Mimi came back to Myanmar to teach English Levels 1-4 at the American Center in Yangon from 2008 to 2011, and returned to the US. While she was in Myanmar, she also did consulting work for Cetana Educational Foundation and teacher training.
She recently returned to Myanmar (October 2023) to work at ISE as academic advisor and was promoted to the Principal position in December 2023.
Before joining ISE, Teacher Mimi worked for Scoot Education LA as a K-12 substitute teacher and taught English, Math and Social Studies at various schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District.