Having a deep passion for educating young people, Lalfakmawia has worked in the academic sector since 1997 as a teacher in Adventist Seminary in Myanmar, with the added responsibility of taking care of the school’s financial management. He studied a Master of Education through distance learning from Myanmar while working as a teacher. Moreover, he also studied a Master of Business Administration in Philippines 2006. Since then, he became a lecturer and grew to be Head of the Business Department in Myanmar Union Adventist College, where he stayed until March, 2013. 

In search of new challenges, he moved to serve communities in Myanmar as Project Manager, Administration & Human Resources Manager and Country Representative in international non-profit organizations. Now, he continues serving young students of Myanmar as Country Manager of Prospect Burma (Myanmar Office).