May Myat Noe Aye was born in Yangon in 1995. After studying German and business management she began working as a researcher for Enlightened Myanmar Research Foundation where she participated in several social impact assessments. Since enrolling at YFS in 2018, she has completed a number of courses including Docu-Animation, where she helped create the short film Beyond the Hatred, which is based on an oral history from a book called ‘Of Peaceful Days’. Produced during the YFS flagship course The Art of Documentary Filmmaking, Burmese Rapper is her first film as a director.