Thavrith is a Master's student at the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), Kobe University. He received a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) from the Royal University of Phnom Penh's Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL). Prior to pursuing further education in Japan, he worked as an English instructor at the Australian Centre for Education (ACE) for two years. Aside from that, he worked as a part-time and freelance translator for various companies for over five years since graduating from high school. He is particularly interested in the economics of education, as well as the expansion of education in developing countries, with an emphasis on enhancing the quality of education.