Rafiath Rashid Mithila

Mithila went to Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She earned both her bachelors and masters degrees in political science at the University of Dhaka. She then completed a second masters in early childhood development at BRAC University, winning the Chancellor's gold medal. She earned a B.Ed. degree from the National University in Bangladesh. She went on for further studies in the United States, studying "Contemporary Approaches to Curriculum: Instruction and Assessment" at the College of Education and Human Development of the University of Minnesota in 2010. She currently pursuing a doctorate in Early Childhood Education at the University of Geneva. Besides academic work, Mithila has studied Kathak, Manipuri, and Bharat Natyam dance at the Dance Academy of the Benuka Institute of Fine Arts in Bangladesh. She also received training in Nazrul Geeti, or the study of songs written and composed by Kazi Nazrul Islam, the national poet of Bangladesh, at the Hindol Music Academy. She studied art at the Nandan school, and exhibited her oil paintings at a Drik Gallery group exhibition. She was a child actor at the People's Theatre, Bangladesh.