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Noppawan Thamsiriboon was born in Bangkok, Thailand and comes from a Deaf family. She was born deaf and is the only child in the family. After attending the Suan Dusit Rajabhat University in Bangkok, Thailand, Noppawan received a B.A in Special Education. Since spring 2008, Noppawan has been a student at Gallaudet University where she is currently enhancing her English skills in order to complete the Deaf education program. After that, Noppawan would like to share her education and experience in order to enhance the deaf education program in her home country of Thailand. Noppawan wishes to see the deaf education program become stronger than the current system and to see future deaf children have the opportunity to receive an excellent education.
Noppawan was once an exchange student under a program in Japan in 1999 for two weeks and she learned about the Japanese deaf culture, values in the Japanese deaf community, and Japanese sign language. Noppawan would like to increase her opportunities and be able to overcome the challenges that deaf people face in developing countries. More so, Noppawan would like to try to experience other cultures by going to developing countries, so that she can get real hands-on experience working with the deaf rather than just traveling as a tourist. Also, Noppawan would like to be exposed to the various deaf cultures, values, and languages in developing countries in order to gain more knowledge. In exchange, Noppawan feels that she will be able to learn from her experiences and share her knowledge as well. Noppawan will be involved with the GRO (global Reach Out) for the first time with this upcoming experience, and she hopes to maximize this valuable experience by learning new leadership strategies, participating in the cultural exchanges, and share her experiences with the GRO team in Guatemala.
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