Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, a Burmese Peace Activist

Daw Aun San Suu Kyi (nicknamed Dassk) was and is one of the most enigmatic and giving people of all time. She has devoted her entire life to bringing democracy to Burma through peaceful protests and, unfortunately, being jailed under house arrest for a seemingly unlimited number of years.
Born in Rangoon, Burma, on June 19, 1949, she was raised in a well to do family. Her father, General Aung San, was a military leader. Her mother Daw Khin Kyi, was appointed as Burma's ambassador to India in 1960, further increasing the family's wealth and political influence. …