Home: Thecho, Lalipur, Bagmati

Education: Bachelor’s of Science (Social work and Sociology), Nesfield International College, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

I grew up watching my parents struggle to make a living and provide the quality of life they wanted for us. Early on in life I decided the only way I could make them happy was to do my best in studies. I secured the highest scores in SLC from my school. To commemorate this, my school held a program where I received the token of love from veteran actor Madan Krishna Shrestha. This is one of the most memorable events in my life.

My school ensured that we had a comfortable environment to study. All my teachers made sure we understood the lessons, but I still remember my Nepali teacher. I was slow in writing and couldn’t express myself properly but he believed in me and helped me improve. I wanted to bring positive change in social sectors and therefore chose to study social work in my undergraduate level.

Our teacher always told us, “social work and social service are two different things. If you give food to the hungry, it is social service but if you enable him to earn food for himself that is social work.” And I felt deeply that helping children to uplift their lives through education is the kind of social work I want to do. So, I applied for the Fellowship. As a Fellow, I want to help eradicate education inequity in Nepal.