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 two young sons, she believes in the extraordinary power and resilience of mothers around the world.
Najmin Tajudin
General Manager
Over the past 15 years, Najmin worked as a management consultant, ran a community-supported agriculture (CSA) programme out of an integrated goat farm, and helped manage an equine centre. A biologist by training, this mum of three now has all her kids in school. She wants to spend more time reading, writing and gardening, and sharing her discovery of fun local places at Mums of Makchic.
Liyana Taff
Special Projects Director
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 a cat (he’s fluffy, not fat). While not busy writing, Lu Sean loves organising Wilmot’s Warehouse 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.
Contributors
Ayuni Ayatillah • Aishah Mokhtar • Alena Couzet • Amy Tan • Amanda Sura • Annabelle Josef • Anne Aeria • Carmen Chan •Dessy Barnaby • Diana Annuar • Desiree Kaur • Evangeline Majawat • Farhana Yon • Farah Bashir • Faye Song • Helena Hon • Hemala Devaraj • Jessica Cheng • Jo-Lene Mahon • Justina Chen • Kim Boey • Kristy Tan • Li-Hsian • Michelle Chua • Murni Roslim • Nadia Azhar • Nadiah Farehan • Nadia Nizamuddin • Sheryl Cornelius • Su Ning Chee • TK Letchumy • Tzeyeng Ng • Uma