Phymean Nuon, one of CNN's Heroes and the only Asian in the list. She is the force behind People's Improvement Organisation, helping hundreds of children working in garbage dumps get better lives. The free schooling and job training her organisation is offering are the children's golden tickets to a better and brighter future. See more of her work at People Improvement.org.

She may not have won the CNN Hero of the Year award, and I am a bit disappointed, but in my heart, and in the hearts of the Cambodians, she is our hero.Cheyor!