[1][2][3][4][5][6] Su Su Lwin is the daughter of U Lwin, a veteran and former deputy prime minister of the Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP) regime as well as the founding member and secretary of the National League for Democracy (NLD).

She worked for UNICEF from 1990 to 2005 and later served as a freelance consultant for monastic education programs.

She founded a local non-profit organization called Hantha Educators in 2006 that partnered with local influential monks and focused on improving traditional monastic education, early childhood care and development programs.

She helped to draft the controversial National Education Bill, which in 2015 resulted in nationwide student protests.

She previously served as Chairperson of the International Relations Committee of the House of Representatives.