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Ko Nyi Nyi-Taunggyi a.k.a ကိုညီညီ (တောင်ကြီး) is an entrepreneur, blogger, video vlogger, writer and educator. He currently resides in the United States with his wife, daughter and son. His legal name is Ko Ko Lwin.

Ko Nyi Nyi-Taunggyi was born in the city of Taunggyi in the Shan State of Myanmar/Burma in 1970. He attended S.M.S (5) for Elementary and Middle school, and graduated High school from S.H.S (4) in 1986.

He then attended University in the City of Yangon (Rangoon) where he studied Industrial Chemistry at the Regional College-Hlaing Campus for two years. In his third year, he moved to the Main Campus of the Yangon (Rangoon) University but was forced to leave school due to the 8888 Uprising in 1988.

Afterwards, he took over his parent’s store and worked as a merchandiser before returning to Taunggyi. He continued to work as a store owner until 2009 when he immigrated to the United States.

In 2013, he first began blogging on Google’s platform and developed an interest in writing. http://konyinyitaunggyi.blogspot.com/

Ten years after immigrating to the United States, Ko Nyi Nyi-Taunggyi published his first book “ဒါဖတ်ထားပြီးမှသွားသင့်တဲ့အမေရိကား-A Must Read before Going to America” with the Seikku Cho Cho Book Publishing House. The book achieved bestseller status in Myanmar.

In 2017, Ko Nyi Nyi-Taunggyi first interviewed his son, Swan Ye Htut, and uploaded the recordings on his Facebook. From there on, he continued to interview Burmese individuals who were well-known online or had extensive knowledge in various fields such as education and writing. Through these interviews, Ko Nyi Nyi-Taunggyi eventually became a vlogger and created his Youtube channel: the Ko Nyi Nyi - Tgi LIVE Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCghtbECLEDI0CzomICZixiQ/videos The interviews eventually became an educational resource for youth and adults alike on topics including education, family life, parenting and other useful knowledge.

Ko Nyi Nyi-Taunggyi visited Myanmar in 2017 and 2018 and gave conference talks at schools that invited him to share knowledge to youth that want to immigrate to America to pursue a better education.

As he continued to write blog posts, Ko Nyi Nyi-Taunggyi became a contributor of knowledge to those individuals who seek to immigrate to America, parents and children who want to communicate better and others who want to learn and educate themselves. Ko Nyi Nyi-Taunggyi is known as someone to consult for matters concerning the United States for many Burmese individuals.

Currently, he is working on his second book.