Asaree (Mind) Thaitrakulpanich is a journalist at Thai news outlet Khaosod English whose interests include mental health, the environment, pioneering Thai women, and the Russian language. She is a recipient of the 2020 Russian government scholarship and is currently studying for a master's in Russian Region Studies at St. Petersburg University. She was the gold medalist valedictorian at the Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Arts, B.A. in Language and Culture in 2016.