Tom Ratekin & Zali Win - Faculty Advisor

Tom Ratekin (right) is assistant professor in the literature department at American University. He originated the Leaps in Learning Initiative, which sends American University graduate students to teach at Phaung Daw Oo monastic school in Mandalay. Zali Win (left) is managing director at Credit Agricole in New York City. He is the son of U Kyaw Win, a prominent Burmese dissident and scholar. He is also the editor of Cruising down the Irrawaddy, a collection of essays by his grandfather, U On Kin.