Originally from Laos, Khanthida is a third-year Ph.D. Student in Theatre History and Performance Studies at the University of Washington. Her research centers on Southeast Asian and Southeast Asian Diasporas performances. Her project archives performances of survival, including memories of Southeast Asian diasporas fleeing and building new homes, using ethnography to recall and re-enact these memories, with a focus on Laotian communities.

Her other areas of research include intercultural, multicultural, and intracultural theatre. At the University of Houston, she researched 20th-century intercultural theatre, surveying its emergence and transition, and analyzing two intercultural performances from the West and the East.

Along with research, Khanthida is a passionate mover and educator. She continues to participate in collaborative work, including devised theatre pieces, dance projects, and traditional Laotian dance. She has also taught and assisted K-12 classes as a teacher and teaching artist at the Children's Theatre Company (Minneapolis), Franklin Fine Arts Center (Chicago), and Seattle Children’s Theatre.