ChatChai ChurMue is a 22-year-old second year student of Industrial Engineering at RajaMangkala University of Technology Lanna (RMUTL), in Chiang Rai. He was born in the small village of Abodo on the mountains, about 65 km from Mae Suai District. ChatChai is from an Akha tribe family, originally from Myanmar. His parents are farmers, as the majority of villagers. They grow enough rice to feed the family, but never enough to sell. As such ChatChai's family could not afford to pay for his schooling. At one point, his mother had asked him to stop studying, but his father had encouraged him to continue and thanks to the support of the Foundation he has been able to complete his secondary school education and attend university.

ChatChai is a determined young man, who has embraced the challenges his situation brought him with a fighting yet grateful spirit. In continuing his studies, he bears in mind not only his family, but his entire community and the possibilities of improving their situation through his growing knowledge, confident that, in his own words, "Education is key for change."