May has been a journalist for almost 30 years. She started in radio journalism and went on to television under CNA, Mediacorp. She started the first news bureau for CNA in Myanmar, where she reported on the return of Aung San Suu Kyi to politics and the Rohingya crisis. She later moved to Thailand and covered the Thai elections as well as youth and the environment. More recently, she was posted to Hong Kong where she focused on economic issues. Now as Indochina Bureau Chief at The Straits Times, she covers news of this vibrant region out of Bangkok.