Asst Prof Dr Bhanbhassa of the Media and Communication programme, Fine and Applied Arts division, Mahidol University, grew up with a vivid imagination, always enjoying the escapism and freedom that theatre offered. Theatre allowed her to be anything other than her true introverted self. An interest in directing led her to The Actors Studio Drama School, New York, where she had to prove herself as a young, female, Asian director. Graduating as the only A student in her class, she was made Thailand’s only lifetime member of The Actors Studio alongside the likes of Al Pacino, Julia Roberts and Jack Nicholson. She directed works off broadway, at the New York Fringe festival, in Sydney, Sweden and Greece before returning to Thailand to help set the acting curriculum for Thai universities. Her online performing arts classes allow for greater accessibility to the public. To expand her knowledge of the local artistic heritage, she conducted research on the Thai "nang yai" shadow puppet tradition, gradually expanding to research papers like "Ramakian: our roots - right now". In 2007, she founded the LiFE Theatre and LiFE Creator company. She received the International Association of Theatre Critics (IATC) Thailand Awards 2013 (Best Direction of a Play/Performance/Musical) and also the Kukrit Award (Performing Arts) in 2020.