Mayra is a midwife and midwifery lecturer at the University of Respati Indonesia. She trusted as the chairwoman of the research division at the Indonesian Breastfeeding Mothers Association. She was also a Research Standing Committee for Southeast Asia in the International Confederation of Midwives (2018-2012). Now she is on the ICM Regional Professional Committee as a researcher. She was also selected as a woman leader to be featured in Southeast Asia Women as Woman in Health care 2018 initiative by the Young Southeast Asia Leader’s initiative (YSEALI) Women’s Leadership Academy Alumni Network, and backed by the UN Mission to ASEAN and Wedu, a woman’s leading non profit in Asia. She is also active as a reviewer of national and international midwifery journals. Some of her research and collaboration projects have been carried out including with UNICEF Indonesia, the International Baby Food Action Network(IBFAN), Minderoo Foundation Australia etc.
