Chief education architect at his company Ad Astra Asia and the Thailand representative for the Asia-Pacific Obama Foundation Leaders, Thepparith Senamngern’s unwavering passion for education has made him a significant humanitarian figure across Asia. He and his network has helped coach over 3,000 youths in Southeast Asia, in disciplines such as varsity debating, teamwork, logic, rebuttal formations and other vital skills needed to expand the opportunities of the students. Ad Astra Asia strives to help the world move forward in a better direction, through intelligence. No stranger to a challenge, since the COVID-19 outbreak, Thepparith, or TJ, has restructured the company to make it more relevant and valuable in current times. He is now looking towards a scheme to provide employable skills for low-income households who cannot access degree-level qualifications.