Kou Voravong
Kou Voravong grew up in Savannakhet and pursued a primary education there. He obtained the « certificat d'études primaires complémentaire indochinois » - Certificate of Indochinese Additional Primary Studies - (CEPCI) in 1930, went afterward to Vientiane and began his first-secondary-school year at the Collège Auguste Pavie. But because of a conflict which opposed him to French Colonial administration, his adopted father was sentenced to prison that same year. As reaction to this situation, Kou Voravong left school and returned to Savannakhet. As an out-of-school teenager, he practiced sports, especially soccer.
Kawai Wong
Wong was born in Hong Kong and was educated at New Territories Heung Yee Kuk Yuen Long District Secondary School. She was briefly exchanged to Singapore's Zhonghua Secondary School in 2000. After spending a year as the chairperson of her Hong Kong school's Student Association, Wong won a scholarship to study in the UK before reading Biochemistry at Imperial College London. She became the fashion editor of the college's weekly newspaper Felix, where she creative directed a fashion photoshoot in association with Oxfam and Toni&Guy. She also interviewed Bruce Pask (of The New York Times T Magazine), Harold Tillman and Hilary Alexander for the student newspaper. Wong was the editor of the college's annual arts magazine, Phoenix.