Based in Kunming, China

Limsathya San

陕炎烽·សាន្ត លីមសត្យា

Between medicine and making things.

A Cambodian medical student in Kunming — building software, making photographs, and creating across Khmer, Chinese, and English.

Medicine · Software · Photography · Content

Portrait of Limsathya San
Profile

A short introduction

I'm Limsathya San — 陕炎烽 in Chinese, សាន្ត លីមសត្យា in Khmer. I grew up in Siem Reap, and today I study medicine at Kunming Medical University.

Getting here wasn't a straight line. I began with business at Build Bright, moved abroad to Tongji in Shanghai for pre-medicine, and settled into medicine in Kunming. Alongside the coursework I build software, make photographs, and create content — and I'm endlessly curious about languages, Chinese most of all.

Focus

What I spend my time on

Four threads that tend to run at once.

M.D. in progress

Medicine

Training toward a Doctor of Medicine at Kunming Medical University, after a pre-medical year at Tongji in Shanghai.

Self-taught

Software

Building small tools and interfaces, and learning by shipping side projects whenever the coursework lets up.

Documentary

Photography

Documenting people, streets, and quiet in-between moments across Cambodia and China.

Storytelling

Content

Telling stories online — writing, short video, and the craft of sharing a point of view.

Education

The path so far

From a high-school classroom in Siem Reap to a medical campus in Kunming.

  1. Sep 2021 – Dec 2022

    Sovannaphumi School

    High school

    Siem Reap, Cambodia

  2. Jan 2023

    Build Bright University

    Business Administration — a brief first chapter

    Cambodia

  3. Sep 2024 – Aug 2025

    Tongji University

    Pre-Medicine

    Shanghai, China

  4. Sep 2025 – Present

    Kunming Medical University

    Doctor of Medicine

    Kunming, China

Experience

Beyond the classroom

Volunteering, organizing, and showing up for my community at home and abroad.

  1. Mar 2022 – Present

    Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia

    Volunteer · Administration

    Siem Reap & Phnom Penh

  2. May 2023

    32nd SEA Games

    Liaison Officer

    Phnom Penh, Cambodia

  3. Sep 2025 – Present

    Association of Cambodian Students in China

    Member (ACSC)

    China

Languages

The languages I live in

សួស្ដី

Khmer

Fluent · mother tongue

你好

Chinese

Fluent

Hello

English

Intermediate

…and a few more always in progress — I collect languages the way some people collect stamps.

Contact

Let's talk

Always glad to meet people — about medicine, code, a camera, or a language worth learning.

Location
Kunming, China
Office hours
Monday – Friday9:00 – 17:00
Saturday10:00 – 15:00
SundayClosed
Timezone
Phnom Penh (GMT+7)

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