The life of a working mother in Yangon

After she moved to her first five-star establishment, the Sedona Hotel, in 2004, Ma Ae knew at once that this was what she wanted to do.

“THE plan was always to keep moving up”, 39-year-old Ae Ae Phyo Aung tells Team Ceritalah, her English clear and precise. “That’s why I went to work in Doha and Dubai.”

After two three-year stints in the Middle East, Ma Ae (“Ma” means “Ms” in Burmese) now works as a housekeeping supervisor in a local five-star hotel.