Praewa is the Associate Director of Ecopreneurship Programs at Stanford University, where she designs and stewards cross-disciplinary initiatives that advance sustainability-driven innovation and entrepreneurial leadership. Her work bridges the Graduate School of Business and the Doerr School of Sustainability, cultivating the next generation of ecopreneurs equipped to address complex global challenges.

She has co-directed a university-based social innovation lab, led policy innovation initiatives in collaboration with government partners, and co-founded the Circular Design Lab, a citizen-driven platform dedicated to advancing solutions to systemic sustainability challenges.

Praewa has taught social innovation and entrepreneurship at Thammasat University, where she served as Assistant Professor, and has led an impact-focused innovation program for students from seven University of California campuses in partnership with communities at the Thailand–Myanmar border.

Working at the intersection of sustainability, innovation, and education, she applies systemic design, systems leadership, and awareness-based systems change to support learning and the co-creation of impactful solutions.

She holds a Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard University and an MSc in Global Innovation Management from the University of Strathclyde and Hamburg University of Technology, where she was awarded an EU scholarship. She enjoys spending time in her family’s permaculture garden, where she continues to explore regenerative systems and the reciprocal relationship between humans and nature.