We are delighted to announce Nang Ei Ei Mon, as a finalist for the 2025 Wedu Women’s Leadership Awards in the Trailblazing MSMEs Award category.

Connection to the Award

The Trailblazing MSME Award celebrates leaders who transform bold ideas into meaningful impact. Nang Ei Ei Mon, Founder and CEO of How She Did It (HSDI), embodies this spirit. What she has built goes far beyond a coaching or education service; it is a dynamic, women-led ecosystem at the intersection of technology, community, and women’s economic empowerment in Myanmar and across Southeast Asia.

Born from resilience and vision, HSDI equips women—particularly those who have experienced trauma, displacement, or major life transitions—with the confidence, career skills, and leadership pathways needed to rebuild their futures. Through a combination of AI-powered tools, grassroots networks, and trauma-informed support, Nang has created an inclusive platform that redefines what economic empowerment can look like.

Mobilising Change

Nang’s leadership has mobilised women across borders and generations by embedding empowerment directly into the community fabric. Under her guidance, How She Did It is launching AI-guided career support in 2025, offering personalised, healing-centred guidance through different life stages. The platform combines digital and in-person modules to ensure accessibility in low-connectivity and high-barrier settings, and its community-rooted delivery model empowers over 250 HSDI Fellows to design and deliver locally relevant, culturally grounded learning content.

This approach drives job creation at every level, from coaches and mentors to suppliers and grassroots leaders. Through peer-driven mentorship networks and training in digital and financial literacy, women are able to move from survival to long-term self-reliance, creating generational change within families and communities.

When the 2021 military coup disrupted Myanmar, Nang’s leadership was tested under extreme conditions. Rather than retreat, she restructured HSDI into a decentralised model, enabling trusted local leaders to continue their work safely and independently. This pivot not only safeguarded the platform’s mission but also expanded its reach to the Myanmar diaspora, transforming HSDI into a cross-border network of solidarity and empowerment.

Why Nang Ei Ei Mon and How She Did It Stand Out

Nang’s leadership is defined by courage, adaptability, and a deep-rooted belief in women’s potential. In the face of political upheaval and personal risk, she transformed crisis into innovation, proving that grassroots leadership can thrive even under the harshest conditions.

Her long-standing mentorship with Wedu further demonstrates her dedication to women’s leadership. She has guided Rising Stars through mentorship programmes and personal coaching, played a pivotal role in identifying and uplifting promising women leaders from Myanmar, and advocated for initiatives such as the Income Sharing Agreement (ISA) programme, enabling women to access higher education.

For Nang, leadership is not only about personal success; it is about building ecosystems where women can heal, grow, and lead. Her work shows that when women are equipped with the right tools and community support, they become catalysts for systemic change. By combining innovation with empathy and turning adversity into opportunity, Nang Ei Ei Mon and How She Did It exemplify what it means to be trailblazing: leading not just with vision, but with unwavering commitment to uplifting others.

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