Ayya Saccavadi Bhikkhuni was born in Myanmar (formerly Burma) in the 1965. She was educated at Rangoon University in Myanmar where she received in B.A. Degree in Burmese Literature in 1986. That same year she ordained as an 8-precept thilashin nun. Coming first in most of her classes in Buddhism, seven years later she received her Dharmacarya (Teacher of Dhamma) degree which is the highest level of study for Buddhist nuns in Myanmar. She excelled in the Buddhist examinations for which much of the Tipitaka must be memorized.