Sinphaxay Thongsombath
Profile
Sinphaxay Thongsombath (SFS’26) is originally from a small rural district in northeastern Laos, Xamneua. He is currently a junior majoring in international politics at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Qatar. He enjoys traveling and is passionate about linguistics, with strong interests in entrepreneurship, diplomacy, and public policy. At university, he took the opportunity to learn Arabic after arriving in Qatar and engages in various experiential learning trips. He participated in the Community Engagement Program, in which he traveled to Kenya in the summer of 2024 to learn about social entrepreneurship. Additionally, he was selected for the course Rwanda: Statecraft and Society, which will take him to Rwanda in fall 2024; he is also a member of the fall 2024 Doyle Global Dialogue cohort. These experiences have deepened his understanding of entrepreneurship, policy-making, and diplomacy, as he dreams of serving his home country as an ambassador overseas. Beyond academic pursuits, he enjoys running and aspires to complete a marathon one day.