Kry Lay teaching Students Kry Lay in 2001 with students at one of the schools in Long Beach, CA. Lay, who had a Doctorate from the University of Poona (Savitribai Phule Pune University), in Pune, India, was instrumental in developing educational materials for the Long Beach Unified School District’s South East Asian Learners (S.E.A.L.) Project which assisted Cambodian refugee arrivals to learn English and adjust to U.S. schools.