Perry World House Who, What, Why: Jing Jing Piriyalertsak on political messaging, Punch Bowl, and puns

Perry World House Student Fellow Chonnipha (Jing Jing) Piriyalertsak, who will graduate this year, looks back on her time at Penn.

When Chonnipha (Jing Jing) Piriyalertsak decided to come to Penn for her undergraduate studies four years ago, she did it not only sight unseen but country unvisited. The fourth-year from Bangkok had never been to the United States before, let alone toured Penn’s campus.

“Committing to live for four years in a country I’d never been to before was kind of a big step,” says the international relations major in the College of Arts and Sciences. “My experience as an international student at Penn is completely intertwined with my experience here; I can’t separate my experience at Penn from the experience of living in the U.S. for the first time.”

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