Home: Bhaktapur, Bhaktapur, Bagmati

Education: Bachelor's of Arts, Bagiswori College, Nepal

I was wearing a ragged blue shirt and a pair of pants. I didn’t have a pencil, notebook, or a backpack. Every step I took towards the school, my heart would start racing and my mind would tell me to turn around and run back home as fast as possible. A few yards seemed like miles, and as I entered through the school gate, every breath I took felt like the last breath of my life. It was my first day in a public school after spending a greater part of my schooling from a private boarding school.

My family was facing financial difficulty and we were required to cut back. With private school fee rising, my parents were unable to afford the cost of private education. The first difference I notice when I entered the classroom was that it was overcrowded and loud. In few days of attending the public school, the difference in quality and rigor of education could be seen and felt.

Throughout the Fellowship, my goal is to help students compete with people from all walks of life. I want to boost their confidence and persuade them that they are no different than students studying in private school. I want to help them learn using immersion activities like; painting, music composition, and film projects. My plan is to instill a love for self-learning so that they are able to influence their own family member as well as community members.