How we got here, and where we’re headed
Little U begins
We start as the learning arm of Homeschool Singapore, where families come together to teach one another’s children.
Moving online, and a new look
With Covid, our classes and Guest Speaker Series move online. The same year, our Little U logo, designed by our Chief Design Officer Grace Tan, is launched.
Little U registers as an LLP
We formalise as a Limited Liability Partnership, bringing our services to the public for the first time.
Reaching further, together
We partner with ABRY to bring our Guest Speaker Series to the public, while NGO Habibi works alongside our Teen Groups.
Mastery Transcript Consortium® membership
Little U joins MTC, giving every learner a portfolio-based transcript recognised internationally.
A stronger circle of Advisors
We formalise a strong team of Advisors, bringing specialised expertise into how we support families, educators, and the wider community.
Temasek Shophouse Impact Makers & CLG Registration
Little U joins Temasek Shophouse Impact Makers, opening up new networks and resources for charity building, and registers as a Company Limited by Guarantee, formalising our non-profit structure.
Little U Conference
We launch a long-term, annual event bringing together our three research areas: children’s rights, healing from learning trauma, and family and national wellness.
Our aspiration: registered charity status
We’re working toward formal charity registration, so we can grow scholarships and deepen our reach — while keeping our governance and finances open to the families we serve.
Great education begins at home, in spaces where a child feels safe enough to learn. At Little U, we see educating whole families as the piece that's been missing — not just for the child, but for the parents and educators around them too. We shouldn't separate a person from their own story of living and learning; without it, it's hard to make sense of who we are and what we're capable of. That's why we pioneer a different kind of thinking in Singapore: that building a strong, confident generation starts with personalising education for the whole family, not just the child. When families learn, respect, and grow together, they meet life's challenges with more confidence — and in turn, help build a stronger community and a better world.
The people holding it together
Little U is governed by a CLG Board, run day-to-day by a fractional management team, and supported by invited Advisors with specialised expertise.
The Board sets our mission, ensures legal compliance, and oversees our financial health, carrying the fiduciary duties of governance, law, and finance. Advisors work with us by invitation, without fiduciary duties — you can read more about each of them below.
Beneath the management team, our Parent Leaders, Educators, and Consultants carry out the day-to-day work of LEARNERY and FIELD, building each learner's portfolio toward their MTC Transcript.
Chief Executive Officer
Directs strategic vision, builds key partnerships, and leads the team to maximise our impact for families.
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A mother of three, Dawn founded Little U and works with the team to personalise care for educators and learners, helping each person reach their potential. Her hope is for every child, parent, and educator to have full rights and access to a great education. She's a consultant, speaker, and writer known for her insight into alternative education in Singapore, and wrote Homeschooling in Singapore: An Education. She's also an advisor to EveryChild.sg, an advocacy group for children's wellbeing. Before founding Little U, Dawn taught O Level English and the IB MYP Personal Project, and led English and Professional Development at City College under Kenny Low, a 2007 Schwab Social Entrepreneur of the Year awardee. Little U carries forward that legacy, alongside co-founder Vivian Kwek's dream of building a school everyone wants to attend.
Chief Financial Officer
Manages financial planning, tracks budgets, ensures regulatory compliance, and oversees funding allocation, including our scholarship commitment.
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A mother of three, Vivian believes that when parents stay closely connected with their children, even their softest words are heard. Before motherhood, she taught secondary Mathematics with the Ministry of Education, then coordinated leadership training in governance and policy development at the Civil Service College. She's the author of the parenting book Decoding Your Child and continues to teach Mathematics to private students. Little U began as an expression of her dream: to build a school that everyone wants to join.
Chief Design Officer
Shapes our visual identity, designs learning experiences, and leads creative strategy across every programme.
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A mother of three girls, Grace loves books and the Charlotte Mason approach to homeschooling. She's an educator with a background in the built environment, spanning architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture, with roles at DP Architects, Ko Hong Construction, and Tierra Design across project management, design development, and site coordination. She brings that same love of design and craft into her work at Little U. Her heart is for homeschooling parents to grow into their confidence as educators of their own children. She shares glimpses of her homeschool life on Instagram at @gracedays123.
Child Welfare Officer
Ensures child safety, implements our welfare policies, and manages protection protocols across the organisation.
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A mother of one, Zoey believes in treating children of every age with kindness and respect, in both manner and speech. She brings a decade of public health research experience, spanning population-based studies to assessments of food and physical activity policy, often involving research ethics approvals and close work with study participants and stakeholders. She spent eight years in grant management, including as project manager for the Physical Activity and Nutrition Determinants in Asia (PANDA) program. In her personal time, she sews.
LEARNERY Director
Manages our Parent Leaders, educators, and microschool curriculum.
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Sabrina has four children, all homeschooled, the oldest now in polytechnic. She brings a broad background in caregiving, teaching preschoolers, and nurturing families. She previously led Little U's Preschool programme, and after a hiatus, returned to lead the microschool.
Business Development & FIELD Director
Both roles are open for 2026. Management Team will cover this work in the meantime.
Specialised expertise, by invitation
Our Advisors work with us by invitation, without fiduciary duties. Each brings deep expertise that shapes how we support families, educators, and the wider community.
He serves on the international editorial boards of several journals, including Asia Pacific Journal of Education and Globalisation, Societies and Education.
Helps organisations develop a more empathetic, empowering approach to the changes they long to see in their systems. A two-time Nominated Member of Parliament (2014–2018), she advises boards on talent development, cultural strategy, and identity formation, and speaks widely on leadership and trust-building.
A trauma-informed counsellor and professional trainer with more than 25 years in the education and youth sector. He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling, a Certificate of Professional Practice in Special Needs, and a Certificate in the Treatment of Trauma.
Uses Temasek Shophouse, an iconic social impact hub in downtown Orchard, as a platform to serve communities in Singapore and beyond. She has volunteered with the International Justice Mission UK and served on the Board of Trustees for WildAid UK.
Questions families ask us
How we choose and train the Management Team behind Little U.