I am driven by a clear purpose to understand why visible needs in society so often fail to become real support, and how better evidence and institutions can close that gap.
For five years, I organized development camps for rural schools across Thailand. I saw the same pattern again and again. Schools could clearly describe what they lacked, yet shortages stayed. Teachers split time across multiple schools, and students lost learning hours.
Those experiences pushed me toward a core question about state capacity. When needs arise, what limits the public sector’s ability to convert visible need into targeted support, especially when resources and attention are scarce.
My path has moved across psychology, data science, and development economics. Together, these tools help me measure what people experience on the ground, trace how decisions are made, and test what actually changes outcomes.
My goal is to use data and research to design practical systems that make government response faster, more accountable, and more aligned with need, so that communities do not have to rely on luck or connections when shocks and gaps appear.
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