Myra completed her PhD at The Australian National University's School of Culture, History, and Language. Her thesis, A study of female heroism in Indonesia, examines the evolution of female heroism in Indonesia from the nineteenth century to the present, exploring its cultural and political significance. As a lecturer, she taught Indonesian studies, language, and culture at ANU, DFAT, and various institutions in Canberra. Myra is currently an Evans Fellow at the University of Cambridge and an IARU fellow at the National University of Singapore's Department of History, where she continues researching the hero phenomenon in Indonesia.