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Education: Bachelor of Education in English, Kailali Multiple Campus

Hailing from Far-West Nepal, I grew up in circumstances unique to my own region. In a village where it seemed that you could make a reasonable amount of money just by rearing goats, I did not internalize the importance of studying until I failed a few eighth-grade exams. The failure reminded me of how my parents never had the opportunity I did and how I may have been taking my opportunity for granted. I decided to work harder, sought help from teachers and started doing well. I even passed my SLC with First Division and was the first person to graduate with bachelor’s degree in my village. Sustained my commitment to higher education, I left my village for college. To fund it, however, I had to take a couple of months away from college in the summers to collect Yarsagumba in the Himalayas. I became the only one to graduate twelfth-grade education. So whenever I went back to the village, I used to help younger kids in their courses. I realized then that I enjoyed teaching. I have now joined TFN movement so that I can impart what I have learned and to make a difference in what our children deserve the most – classrooms that are much beyond merely reading and writing, and overall, quality education no matter where they come from.