A Thai native, Supharin was born and raised in a business environment where he developed his financial understanding and business creativity from helping his parents in gold and jewelry industry. Academically, he received his undergraduate degree from Chulalongkorn University in Commerce and Accountancy and offered with the Royal Thai Scholarship. He had been working as a budget analyst at the bureau of the budget for the Prime Minister Office in Thailand and volunteered as a translator at the Thai Tourist Center for nearly two years before his decision to continue his master in public administration at Columbia University. Supharin has always been passionate and curious about the role of finance in improving people lives in a more personal and direct way and how would that be coordinated in a policy level. Also, growing up in a country where income inequality is sizable and political development has precluded many locals to thrive economically has motivated him to work towards public contribution. Therefore, he wholeheartedly believes that Kiva would allow him the opportunity to be a part of its mechanism to change people lives.