She received her master’s and doctoral degrees in economics from the University of Utah, specializing in public economics, economics of gender and development, and quantitative methods. Her research interests are in public policy analysis related to local public finance, transportation, human resource development, and natural resource and environmental issues. She is an active member of the ASEM Education and Research Hub for Lifelong Learning, an official network for university cooperation between Asia and Europe. She has also been appointed among other leading economists in Thailand to the board committee for the Program in the Advanced Certificate Course in Public Economics Management for Executives at King Prajadhipok's Institute.