Our Team
A Collaborative Workplace for the Digital Age
At Lifespan Education, our international team is a living example of what is possible when people from different cultures choose sustained collaboration over short-term convenience, depth over speed, and mutual care over mere productivity.
We do more than think and talk about trust, safety, and human connection, we practice it.
Our Team Philosophy
We believe distributed teams can be deeply connected teams.
In an era when remote work often means isolation and transactional relationships, we’ve chosen a different path. Our team spans four countries- Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and India-yet we work as one grounded in shared values.
Trust is something we build, not something we assume.
We practice what we teach about digital citizenship. That means:
Every team member undergoes a formal background check via a third-party global security screening process that includes identity check, address verification and criminal record screening. We do so from the recognition that trust flourishes when it’s rooted in truthfulness and transparency.
We maintain regular contact across time zones, not just for project updates but to know each other as whole people navigating work, family, and life.
When someone struggles—with technology, family challenges, or burnout—we respond as humans first, colleagues second.
We recognize that our Indonesian, Filipino, Indian, and Australian contexts shape how we see the world, and we treat this diversity as wisdom, not something to be flattened.
We are committed to fairness and integrity in a global system.
International remote work often perpetuates unhealthy patterns: Western organisations extracting skilled labor at reduced rates; employers and workers facing hyper-competitive drive to the bottom. We actively work against this by ensuring fair compensation, professional development opportunities, and genuine collaboration where every voice shapes our direction.
Meet Our Team
Leong Hiew
Founder and Director
Based in: Australia
Leong founded Lifespan Education with a conviction that young people deserve better than being treated as attention commodities. A former computer scientist and AI researcher who devoted his life to community, health and ageing work, he brings technical depth and human understanding to questions of digital life.
As a divorced father of two, Leong understands firsthand the challenges of raising children in an attention-saturated world. His work is driven by a simple question: What kind of digital world do we want to create for the next generation?
What makes team collaboration work for Leong:
“I chose to build an international team because young people live in a global digital world. If we’re going to help them navigate it, we need team members who understand deeply and can work together with different cultural contexts. The trust we have in this team isn’t automatic just because we share values, it is something we gained by being transparent, consistent, and choosing to show up for each other even when it is inconvenient.”
Latest background check conducted via Veremark:
✅ National ID check completed 3 Aug 2025
✅ Criminal history search completed 14 Aug 2025
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Rosalyn built her remote career from the ground up, working with multiple international clients in executive support, social media, email marketing, and business development. That journey taught her not only digital skills, but the deeper values of discipline, trust, and care in global collaboration.
At Lifespan Education, she brings this lived experience into her work—supporting operations, guiding youth communities across Discord and WhatsApp, and creating spaces where students from different countries feel safe, welcomed, and understood.
Beyond her work with the team, Rosalyn is also building a growing remote-work community, where she mentors students and early-career professionals who want to access global opportunities. She is frequently invited to speak publicly about her journey, driven by a genuine desire to support others who are trying to build their own path in the digital world Rosalyn carries a personal commitment to helping young people access opportunities beyond their geography.
What collaboration means to Rosalyn:
“I’ve learned that trust grows when people show up with honesty and intention. Working across cultures isn’t a barrier—it’s an opportunity to listen, understand, and build something stronger together.”
Latest background check conducted via Veremark:
✅ Address check completed 22 Aug 2025
✅ National ID check completed 21 Aug 2025
✅ Global sanctions search completed 21 Aug 2025
✅ Criminal history search completed 8 Sept 2025
To contact Rosalyn:
Rosalyn
Executive Assistant and Community Builder
Based in: Indonesia
Jerica Fajardo
Community Builder
Based in: Philippines
Jerica started her journey by exploring different paths in education and digital world. Over time, she built experience in research, product reviewing, content creation, game streaming, and managing her own gaming community. This has strengthened her communication, creativity, and ability to engage diverse audiences.
Her experience as an international student in Japan broadened her understanding of culture and global student life. She continues to stay connected with students from abroad, refining her cross-cultural communication skills and remaining actively involved in international student communities. She is also preparing for her practicum and student teaching, developing her skills in planning, engagement, and educational communication.
At Lifespan Education, Jerica supports student communities by helping manage online spaces on Discord and WhatsApp, assisting with activity planning, and contributing to operations that ensure students feel welcomed, included, and comfortable participating in the forum.
What collaboration means to Jerica:
“I believe collaboration starts with understanding. When people feel respected, heard, and valued, it becomes easier to share ideas and work toward a common goal. Having different cultures or time zones don’t limit connection when there is mutual respect and openness.“
Latest background check conducted via Veremark:
✅ Address check completed 6 Sept 2025
✅ National ID check completed 15 Aug 2025
✅ Global sanctions search completed 15 Aug 2025
✅ Criminal history search completed 19 Aug 2025
To contact Jerica:
Nasir began his online journey in 2017 when he started PrimeGames, a gaming community that connected players and volunteers from different countries. Running that project through these years taught him what it means to collaborate with people he’d never meet in person, showing up consistently, communicating clearly across time zones, working out differences and building trust through action rather than words.
At Lifespan Education, Nasir brings that foundation to his work as System Administrator. He keeps the technical infrastructure running that allows the team to collaborate across Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and India.
As a brand new father to a son, Nasir now thinks differently about the work. Building reliable systems for international collaboration isn’t just a job, it’s part of creating a digital world worth passing on.
What collaboration means to Nasir:
“I started working with people across countries as a gamer and game builder. What I learned is that distance doesn’t break collaboration but inconsistency does. When you show up reliably and communicate honestly, the trust follows.”
Latest background check conducted via Veremark:
✅ Address check completed 19 Aug 2025
✅ National ID check completed 15 Aug 2025
✅ Global sanctions search completed 15 Aug 2025
✅ Criminal history search completed 28 Aug 2025
To contact Nasir:
Nasir Idrishi
System Administrator
Based in: India
How We Work Together
Regular ConnectionS
1. Weekly video meetings where we check in as people first, then discuss work.
2. Asynchronous updates that respect different time zones and energy pattern.
3. Regular reflections on what we’re learning: about our work and about collaboration itself.
Shared Practices for Trust
1. Transparent communication about expectations, timelines, and
challenges.
2. Feedback given with care, received with openness.
3.Celebrating both victories and mistakes as learning opportunities.
4.Financial clarity and fair compensation structures.
Cultural Learning
We don’t pretend cultural differences don’t exist, we explore them. From different work hours to communication styles to family impact on work, we treat these conversations as essential.
Our Invitation to You
If you’re a young person, educator, or organisation looking for partners who practice what they preach about trust, connection, and integrity in digital spaces—this is who we are.
We are not perfect. We navigate time zones, miscommunications, and the inevitable challenges of remote collaboration. But we do it with intention, care, and the conviction that the way we work together matters as much as what we create.
Collaborate with us
Want to collaborate with us? Looking for guidance on building international teams with integrity? We are learning alongside you. Use our Contact page to communicate with us.