Regina Yau
Founder and President, The Pixel Project
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Regina Yau is a Rhodes Scholar with a long-standing commitment to women’s human rights. She created The Pixel Project in 2009 to raise funds, awareness and volunteer power for the cause to end violence against women using the power of the internet, popular culture and new technologies.
Prior to founding The Pixel Project, Regina was nominated in the Education and Public Service category of The Malaysian Women’s Weekly’s “Great Women of Our Time” Awards 2008 for her innovative awareness-raising work for the breast cancer cause.
Regina has two post-graduate degrees from Oxford – an M.St in Women’s Studies and an M.St in Oriental Studies. She also has a First-Class BA (Hons) in English from Royal Holloway University of London. Between graduating from Oxford and returning to the women’s rights movement, she also spent 6 years working as an award-winning Public Relations professional. Today, she balances Pixel Project work with being an English teacher who wrangles middle and high schoolers. In what little spare time she has, she reads and writes fantasy fiction and poetry, feeds her friends her homebaked goodies, attempts to defy gravity with Aerial Yoga, and is learning how to make clothes with pockets.
Bridget Hudacs
Secretary and Chief Financial Officer, The Pixel Project
York, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Like some of our volunteers, Bridget has not had first-hand experience with violence against women or with domestic violence. However, after learning about what The Pixel Project is all about, she immediately signed up to be a team member. Having years of project management experience, Bridget is no stranger to organization and getting people on the same page. She’s excited to lend these talents to The Pixel Project and assists with everything from finance and administration to copyediting behind the scenes.
When not working or volunteering for The Pixel Project, Bridget is an amateur musician, budding tap dancer and avid reader.
Lai Sein Mah
Programme/Project Assistant, The Pixel Project
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Lai Sein used to work in retail and business development. She now has more time for travelling, watching mystery/ thriller/ fantasy movies and playing word games. She is trying to read more but watching movies is winning – at the moment!
She has volunteered with various women’s aid organisations and this has uplifted her in many ways. She hopes that she will be able to do good for the wider community by being part of The Pixel Project team.
Jerusha Sivaratnam
Finance Officer – Accounts, The Pixel Project
Penang, Malaysia
Jerusha is based in Penang, Malaysia and currently works full time in the education sector. She is a graduate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) professional body. She is a volunteer with The Pixel Project and assists in managing its bookkeeping.
Apart from her full time job and volunteering with The Pixel Project, she loves photography, hiking, travelling and delving into Malaysia’s growing and exciting local arts scene.