May Htoo Choo was born in 1982 and studied at the National University of Arts and Culture, majoring in music. After working for the National Symphony Orchestra as a violinist and as a music teacher at DoReMi Nursery school she enrolled at YFS in 2007 where she worked as a cinematographer on the documentary A Piece of Eden. Choices marks her debut as a director. She was also one of the editors on a short drama produced by YFS with the working title Hope.