Team

Manjil Rana

Manjil Rana, from Kathmandu, Nepal, studied at St Xavier’s School and continued college at UWC (Mahindra United World College in India). Rana furthered his studies at the College of Atlantic reading Human Ecology and is currently specialising in Sociology and Cultural Anthropology at Tribhuvan University.

mayanmanjil@gmail.com

Siddharth Lama Yonzon

Siddharth was born in Nepal and raised in Kathmandu. He worked at Himalayan Health Care INC as a junior office and later at a Hamro Aastha Nepal rehabilitation centre for two years. Siddharth gained experience as a resident teacher at Malpi International School. He began his journey with Maya Universe Academy as a volunteer and since 2015 co-founded its branch in Pokhari Bhanjyang, Tanahun District.

Yoon ShinChul

Yoon is from Korea. Studied at Mahindra United World College and furthered his studies at Calvin College in the United States. Co-founded Maya Universe Academy in 2010 with Manjil Rana. He is a history teacher, as well a directing manager of Maya’s social enterprises to help improve the financial sustainability of the school.

mayajungler@gmail.com

Niki Achchhami

Nikki was born in India and lives just a 10 minute walk from the school in Tanahun. She has been working with Maya since the start in 2011 and even volunteered in the beginning. She currently manages our main school.

Nikkimissmaya@gmail.com

Alice Guiyoule

Alice Guiyoule co-founded Maya Universe France. In 2015, she left her career as a social worker in France to volunteer as a teacher at Maya, where she quickly became inspired by the organization’s mission. Today, Alice is a teacher and oversees the boarding school and the academic department at Maya. (https://www.instagram.com/maya.universe.france/)

alice.guiyoule@gmail.com

Dora Mueller

Dora currently lives in Berlin and studied early childhood education at the Katholische Hochschule für Sozialwesen Berlin (KHSB). She has been working for Maya for long time and specifically focuses on Kindergarten. (https://www.mayauniversegermany.de/)

mayauniversegermany@gmail.com

Rikke van der Veen

Rikke works as a knowledge broker in international development cooperation back home in the Netherlands. He holds a bachelors in anthropology and two masters in international development, one from the University of Amsterdam and one from the Radboud University Nijmegen. He acts as a general board member of MUA-NL. (https://mua-nl.org/)

rikke@mua-nl.org

Clara Sánchez-Maroto Pérez

When Clara is not at her house in Maya, she works as a teacher back home in Spain. She holds a Masters degree from the the University of Alcalá in Biology and Geology.

clarasmasia@gmail.com

Dhruv Kochhar

Dhruv grew up in India and currently resides in Los Angeles. He has been a part of the Mayan movement since its inception and is passionate about improving access to education for all. He leads funding operations for COE in the US and is an integral part of of the team.

dhruv.kochhar3@gmail.com