Garima is an American of Indian descent who has lived in Singapore for 16 years. She joined FOM in 2007 and completed docent training at the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) in 2008 and Singapore Art Museum (SAM) in 2009. She is passionate about history, art and volunteering. She has held many leadership roles in FOM including Co-Head of docent training for SAM 2009-10, participating in the development and running of the Foundation Course for FOM 2010-11 and the Overall Head of Docent Training from 2011 to 2012. Over the last 10 years, she has delivered Gallery in Focus tours, Friday Highlight tours, DOT talks and Monday Morning Lectures for FOM. Her other volunteering efforts include serving as President of the Indian Women’s Association, Chair of the Arts Committee for American Club, serving on SAS Boosters and PTA Boards and the George Washington Ball committee for AAS. She holds a Master of Arts and a Master of Philosophy in Psychology.

Susan is a Singaporean. She joined FOM in 2014 and started her docent training at the Peranakan Museum. She was Co-head of docent training and a member of the Nyonya Needlework research team in 2015 and 2016. She served as FOM Honorary Secretary in 2017 and 2018. On top of this, she has been guiding at the NUS Baba House since 2011. Over the past year, Susan has busied herself guiding the Chetti Melaka special exhibition at IHC from Sept 2018 to May 2019. Followed by the Guo Pei special exhibition from June to Sept 2019. Currently she is a Museum Educator Guide at ACM and NMS. She has a degree from the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles, California and worked as a senior apparel buyer. Besides volunteering actively, she has been running a home clothing business for 14 years. She enjoys ikebana, pottery, travelling and photography. 

Min Yee is a Singaporean and received her master’s degree in Applied Linguistics from the National University of Singapore. During the years living in China and the USA, she developed a keen interest and a deep passion for the heritage and culture of her home country. Today, Min Yee guides regularly at the NMS. She is also a co-head of 2019/20 NMS Docent Training Programme. She has also contributed to the FOM Passage magazine and research to An Old New World exhibit held at the NMS. 
In her free time, Min Yee loves travelling, making clay pots and teaching her old dog new tricks. 

Yasmin is a Singapore PR, from Mumbai, India who has been living and working in Singapore for the past 12 years. She has multi-faceted global experience in Financial Control, MIS, Treasury, Process rationalization & Business Intelligence. Yasmin’s experience spans several industries: Retail Banking & Credit cards, HR consultancy, Education management, Accounting and Information consultancy/Decision management and covers several geographies: India, USA, Korea, Saudi Arabia and Singapore. Most recently, she was the Head of Campus of the SP Jain Institute of Global Management, Singapore for 3 years. She is a rank holding Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and an MBA (Finance and International Business) from the Stern School of Business, New York University. She is currently Resident Director of a Banking software subsidiary in Singapore. Married, with two grown up sons working in the US, her interests include Indian Classical music, Reading, Art and Cultural events. She is fluent in English, Hindi, and Gujarati and conversant with Korean.

Laura is from Scotland. She joined FOM in 2014 and completed the ACM Docent Training Programme in 2015. She was then part of the Training Team, where she was both a Group Leader and Mentor Coordinator. In 2015 Laura also became ACM Committee Secretary. In the Spring of 2016 she co-headed the Christianity in Asia Special Exhibition Research Group and in August 2016 became Coordinator for the ACM FOM Docents. Currently she is the ACM Yahoo & Website Coordinator. In her spare time Laura is part-way through a distance learning History of Art Certificate with the University of Oxford.

Gisella is from Germany and became an FOM member the moment she arrived in Singapore in 1995. In 2010 she once again became an active FOM member by completing the ACM docent training. Since then she has volunteered in various leadership roles, including ACM Training Cohead, ACM Coordinator and Overall Co-head of Training. Travelling, cooking, history and the arts are some of her hobbies and through FOM’s study tours she has been able to cover all these areas. She has co-lead some of FOM’s study tours. She has also developed an interest in photography and often provides photos for FOM use in Passage, on the website and Facebook pages. In December 2016 she was elected to the Council as Representative for Communications and has played an important role revamping FOM’s website and membership system.

Christine Zeng is a freelance fashion designer who received her master’s degree in Italy. Having spent much of her professional life working  with textiles, colors, art mediums and CAD software, public speaking was incredibly foreign to her. When she first started training as a docent, guiding history was like venturing into the unknown. Now she guides visitors regularly at NMS. As a docent, she developed a keen interest in her country’s history with which she enjoyed sharing to fellow Singaporeans and foreign visitors alike. Her latest stint was for bicentennial exhibitions: Raffles in Southeast Asia (ACM) and An Old New World (NMS). She was the Speaker Coordinator for the 2018-2019 Training Team at the NMS. She is now a committee representative of NMS Docent Ongoing Training team and scheduler for An Old New World exhibition. She is also currently serving with FOM’s Volunteer Appreciation and Membership Team. Her other responsibilities in life involves taking care of animals in need, reading, writing and painting. 

Dedicated to raising awareness of the arts, Holly is an accomplished communications professional. Originally from the US, she has lived abroad for over 20 years and in Singapore since 2006. Previous incarnations include, manufacturing manager, teacher, fund-raiser, and relocation consultant. She’s a voracious podcast junky, outdoor enthusiast and knitter. Holly is currently involved with the Textile Enthusiast Group, Field Studies and Asian Film Studies Group in Singapore and has published the FOM newsletters for the last two years.

Michelle Foo is a Malaysian and a Singaporean PR. Having lived in Singapore since 1990, with 8 years in Australia, Dubai and Thailand, Michelle enjoys meeting people including exchanging information on the various cultures. Armed with over 10 years in the hotel and banking industry, she left Singapore to follow her husband in his career. Upon returning, she joined FOM in 2016, and trained to be a docent at TPM, hoping to understand more about her Peranakan heritage. What she gained was more than that! She gained friendships from fellow docents and opportunities to explore further into the world of arts, history and culture. After graduating at TPM, Michelle joined the training team as the museum’s Speaker Coordinator 2017/2018, leading to another guiding opportunity at the MHC in 2019. She is a keen advocate of FOM and its contribution to our cosmopolitan society. When not in the realm of the museums, Michelle also enjoys visiting the many interesting food outlets here in Singapore.

After working for several years as an architect in New Orleans, Charlotte began her life overseas. Since 2007 she has lived in 6 different postings, and was delighted when the 6th was a return to Singapore in 2017. Through the years, she has nurtured her interests in creating: photography, jewellery making, cookie and cake decorating, cooking. She also honed her organizational skills serving in a leadership role for several different volunteer programs in the various postings. Charlotte re-joined FOM as soon as she arrived in Singapore, and immediately took part in the URA Chinatown Heritage Trails docent training program. A love for guiding, and research, was born! Since then, she participated in the MHF Kampong Gelam Heritage Trails and NMS docent training programs, as well as was part of the URA Chinatown Heritage Trails docent training team. She was most recently the Co-Head for the Docent Training at NMS, and is part of the NMS Ops Committee as the Docent Activity Coordinator. She remains dedicated to guiding the Chinatown Heritage Trails and at the National Museum of Singapore. 
In her spare time, Charlotte continues to enjoy her creative interests, most recently adding sewing to the list!