Mon migrated to Australia from Yangon, Myanmar as a teenager with her parents and siblings in 1996. Her ancestors were the victims of the Military dictatorship when all the physical assets including oil refineries in Yay Nan Chaung owned by her grandfather were confiscated after 1962 March coup as a result of the nationalization of Burma’s major economic enterprises by General Nay Win. Her father was also a student activist during the U Thant uprising (U Thant’s funeral crisis), and he was one of the students guarding the mausoleum of U Thant on the night of December 10, 1974. Mon as a child had also participated in the general public protest with her mother during 1988 uprising while her father oversaw the crowd control for the protest.

Since February 2021 coup, Mon has organised several activities such as the Global Myanmar Spring Revolution, the 1st Australian wide & Global wide public protest on Myanmar, a hybrid press conference in Paris for Blood Money Campaign and involved in many other movements to advocate for human rights in Myanmar. Mon is also passionate about the mental health care and awareness for the people in Myanmar, especially for the Myanmar women and she is one of the founders of Heart Beams Foundation, which is currently holding monthly webinars on “Train-the- Trainers program on the psychosocial support” for Myanmar communities, collaborating with Anti-Hate Movement & MyPsyche4Life.

During 2022 and 2023, Mon served as a President of Mothers’ Committee for St George Girls High School, and she received the NSW Government Community Service Award on 27 June 2023 along with the Mothers’ Committee executives. Currently, Mon serves as a Board of Director at Sone Yay Foundation and as the CEO of Heart Beams Rising. In these roles, she leads strategic initiatives and oversees the implementation of programs that align with the organizations' missions.

Mon lives in Sydney, and as a profession, she is a qualified CPA accountant graduated from University of Western Sydney with B. Business (Accounting) sub major in Law. She is currently studying Master of Applied Finance at Macquarie University and work full time as a Group Finance Manager.

Most importantly, she is a mother of two beautiful girls.