Naiyana Wachtel

Naiyana Wachtel is Shan, born in Burma in 1980, but spent her childhood and teen years in Chiang Mai, Thailand. In 1997 she moved to Australia to attend high school and university, where she graduated from the University of Newcastle with a Bachelor of Arts in Business. For most of her professional career, she has worked in the hospitality industry, then went on to own a multiple award-winning Thai Restaurant in Newcastle, Australia. Naiyana moved back to Chiang Mai in 2013 to open the Overstands Cafe in the "old city", a now popular premiere eatery/coffee shop, with her husband and daughter. The food is exceptional, but what makes the cafe rather unique is that it doubles as an art gallery, showcasing Thai artists.