Our Team
Laych Koh
Publisher & Owner
Laych is a journalist and teacher who divides her time between Malaysia and London, where she is currently based. Having been a news reporter for over a decade, she now finds great pleasure in talking to small children about dinosaurs and poo. Currently focusing on her three young kids, she believes in the extraordinary power and resilience of mothers around the world.
Liyana Taff
Chief Executive Officer
Liyana was a public relations practitioner, a government consultant, and now an aspiring entrepreneur and a mother of four. She truly believes in the saying “it takes a village to raise a child” and strives to support others in their parenting journey in whatever capacity she can.
Kimberly Lee
Managing Editor
Kimberly is a lawyer, children’s book author and a mother of two wilding sons. She writes about life, loss, love and everything in between as she explores her greatest adventure yet: motherhood. When she isn’t busy writing or navigating life with her family, Kimberly can be found singing, stress baking and covertly consuming her own baked goods.
Lu Sean Seah
Chief Operating Officer
In various prior roles, Lu Sean absolutely killed it in arts management, public relations and law. She now herds two primary-schoolers and two fluffy cats. While not busy wrangling operations, Lu Sean loves watching k-dramas while nursing a teh tarik. She believes that mothers can handle most anything, a little at a time.
Nora Ismail
Social Media Editor
Before starting her own home-based cake artistry studio, Nora spent six years in digital advertising, working with brands from the telco sector to the airline industry. She is most comfortable in creative environments, which may explain the Instagram addiction and the mountain of chaotic art projects she has ambitiously undertaken with her two young stepchildren at home.
Hemala Devaraj
Writer
Many moons ago, Hema was a journalist in bustling KL, enjoyed exploring Malaysia as a travel writer, worked for an airline to get cheap flights (!) and is currently regaining her sanity after having kids. She enjoys bugging her husband to find out if her cooking is nice enough and loves to share her recipes on her website – The Sudden Cook.
Christina Leong
Partnership Lead
After more than a decade of hustling in corporate strategy and business management, Christina believes that the greatest investment is in building strong families and equipping the next generation. She joins makchic with a current ‘portfolio’ of three children and an aspiration for writing.
Sarah Goh
TikTok Coordinator
After 10 years in the music education industry, Sarah has since pivoted to content creation and is now mum to one expressive preschooler. She believes creativity knows no age — which explains all the trending TikTok dances she enjoys! She hopes to bring mums from all walks of life together to experience this rollercoaster called motherhood — one TikTok video at a time.
Najmin Tajudin
Senior Advisor
Najmin has worked as a management consultant, ran a community-supported agriculture (CSA) programme out of an integrated goat farm, and helped manage an equine centre. She helmed as its General Manager from 2021 to 2024, before assuming an advisory role in 2025. A biologist by training, she ensures published information on makchic is grounded in truth and science. With 3 older kids in school (and higher education!), she spends most of her me-time reading, writing and hiking with her closest friends.
Contributors
Ayuni Ayatillah • Atika Nazarudin • Aishah Mokhtar • Alena Couzet • Amy Tan • Amanda Sura • Annabelle Josef • Anne Aeria • Carmen Chan • Dessy Barnaby • Diana Annuar • Desiree Kaur • Erin Juliana • Evangeline Majawat • Farhana Yon • Farah Bashir • Faye Song • Helena Hon • Jessica Cheng • Jo-Lene Mahon • Justina Chen • Kim Boey • Kristy Tan • Li-Hsian • Liyana Jalal • Michelle Chua • Murni Roslim • Nadia Azhar • Nadiah Farehan • Nadia Nizamuddin • Sheryl Cornelius • Soo Yi • Su Ning Chee • TK Letchumy • Tzeyeng Ng • Uma