TEDxNewton Sixth Form Youth

Speakers

Speakers may not be confirmed. Check the event website for the latest lineup.

• Airinda Wongthayaniti

  Student

  Airinda Wongthayaniti, speaker of the TEDxYouth talk “A Puzzle Without a Picture,” is a thoughtful and expressive student with a strong passion for performance, communication, and self-discovery. Through her talk, she explores how identity is formed gradually through uncertainty, change, and personal expression. Speaking from her own experience, Airinda reflects on the process of growing up and learning to understand herself at a stage of life filled with questions and transformation. An active performer and communicator, she has experience as an MC, speaker, singer, dancer, choir member, and athlete. With a dream of becoming a doctor, Airinda hopes to bring sincerity, empathy, and self-awareness into everything she pursues.

• Melada Hiranpruck

  Student

  Melada Hiranpruck, speaker of the TEDxYouth talk “Beyond First Impressions,” is a compassionate and socially aware student who is passionate about challenging judgment and encouraging greater empathy. Through her talk, she reflects on how quick assumptions can contribute to inequality, drawing from a personal experience that led her to connect with women and girls often overlooked in Thai society. This experience helped her see their strength, endurance, talents, aspirations, and individuality beyond the labels placed on them. With experience as both a speaker and event staff for student-led speaking platforms, Melada hopes to encourage others to replace silence and judgment with kindness, respect, and meaningful action.

• Patchara Chandra

  Student

  Patchara Chandra, speaker of the TEDxYouth talk “The Selfishness of Self-Discovery,” is a reflective and ambitious student with a strong interest in innovation, finance, and human behaviour. Through his talk, he explores a modern paradox: while today’s generation has become more emotionally self-aware, it has also become quicker to judge and less willing to forgive. Drawing from both social observation and personal reflection, Patchara challenges the audience to stop treating emotional intelligence like an exclusive club, and instead use it to offer grace to people who are still learning. Alongside his interest in social issues, he is currently involved in an AI startup and an investment competition. In the future, he hopes to build a FinTech startup that uses blockchain and smart contracts to make cross-currency transactions faster, cheaper, and less risky.

• Pearl Grubisic

  Student

  Pearl Grubisic, speaker of the TEDxYouth talk “The Art of Becoming,” is a reflective and disciplined student with a deep passion for storytelling, creative media, ballet, and literature. Having navigated independent living from the age of 11 while pursuing competitive ballet, she brings a mature understanding of resilience, self-worth, and personal growth. Through her talk, Pearl reframes resilience not as a reaction to hardship, but as a deliberate daily practice: choosing to do what is difficult, even when tired, pressured, or alone. With aspirations to build a career in Creative Media, she hopes to use writing and digital content to share meaningful ideas and inspire others to become the intentional architects of their own lives.

• Perapat Jenviriya

  Student

  Perapat Jenviriya, speaker of the TEDxYouth talk “The Cage,” is an articulate and accomplished student with a strong background in public speaking, project leadership, innovation, and performance. Through his talk, he explores the hidden cost of success, questioning how safe choices, stability, and fear of loss can quietly become a cage that limits future possibility. Often becoming the designated presenter in team projects, Perapat has developed the ability to communicate complex ideas with clarity, confidence, and humour. With experience leading competitive pitches, presenting technical solutions, and engaging audiences on stage, he brings both insight and presence to his TEDxYouth talk. Driven by a simple but powerful ambition, Perapat hopes to build things that matter.

• Thalinda Trongpattararaks

  Student

  Thalinda Trongpattararaks, speaker of the TEDxYouth talk “Curiosity Didn’t Kill the Cat,” is a creative and imaginative student with a deep passion for storytelling, screenwriting, and discovery. Through her talk, she challenges the familiar warning that “curiosity killed the cat,” revealing how its often-forgotten meaning can change the way we understand curiosity itself. Rather than presenting curiosity as reckless or dangerous, Thalinda reframes it as one of the most human forces we have, the spark behind questions, creativity, and discovery. As an independent screenwriter with over 10 produced films and internationally recognised work, including a Best Produced Script award, she brings a writer’s insight into the power of asking unusual questions and sitting with uncertainty. With a dream of writing her own novel, Thalinda hopes to remind others that discovery belongs to anyone willing to keep looking.