The Million Dollar Machine (MDM) is a life skills enrichment program for all children in Grades K-6. This award-winning teaching system enables educators, mentors and parents to give their children the knowledge and motivation they need to achieve their personal best in life. With this easy-to-use lesson collection, children will immediately begin benefiting from these classroom-proven activities that shape a wide variety of essential personal, social, cognitive and environmental skills. MDM's health and decision-making skills also protect children from drug use and other risky behaviors; a key benefit that earned this program a Presidential Award at the White House. This new edition includes the entire nationally tested lesson collection, validated by 5 scientific studies, with more than 600 integrated activities and discussion topics, 80 interactive parent/child worksheets, vocabulary and complete use guidelines. Teachers, mentors and parents praise the age-appropriate MDM lessons because they are effective, economical and easy to use in the classroom and at home. Children love MDM because it makes learning fun!
I am a publisher, educator, author and translator (English, Thai, French). My background is in marketing communications, public relations and elementary curriculum design, development and implementation. I am also a Southeast Asian specialist having worked and traveled in the area since 1990.
At DatAsia Press, my primary role is publications editor. DatAsia is presently focusing on a series of books relating to Cambodia and the Khmer Empire. We also publish a specialized "life skills" curricula for elementary school children called The Million Dollar Machine (MDM). These lessons give teachers and parents systematic methods to inspire children to stay healthy, set goals and acheive their full potential. MDM's effectiveness is validated by researchers at Columbia University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry NJ. The program also received a President Award for Private Sector Initiatives.
As a researcher, I work with Devata.org studying 1,796 devata (goddess) images at Angkor Wat to determine the historical role of Khmer women. I am now editing a book on this topic for release in 2009: "Daughters of Angkor Wat."
In 2007, my wife Sophaphan and I funded construction of Srei Devata Middle School in Baray, Kompong Thom through American Assistance for Cambodia. We continue working on educational projects to benefit children in Cambodia, Thailand and the United States.
