Dengnoi Reineke graduated from Brown University with a BA in International Relations (2001) & MA in Development Studies (2005). Noi has lived and traveled extensively throughout Asia, Europe and Central America. She has served as an international consultant for the Laotian Ministry of Education, the United Nations Save the Children Organization, the Vocational Cambodian Center for the Disabled in Cambodia, the Asian Development Bank and the Ministry of International Relations in South Korea. This is her children's book debut.