Home: Lalitpur, Lalipur, Bagmati

Education: Bachelor of Arts in English, St. Xaviers College, Nepal

Although we struggled financially, my father worked very hard to make sure that my sister and I could attend a private school. My parents always wanted to give their children the best in everything and so I was able to go on to do a bachelor in social work. During my studies I worked with different organisations, one was Heartbeat-Nepal. I worked there in close quarters with children from disadvantaged communities. There was a girl named Sonika who studied at a public school in fifth grade and she was failing in three subjects in her terminal exams. I was shocked that her level of education was so miserable at such an early stage. It was my first glimpse of the condition of government schools in our country. I decided I wanted to contribute to uplifting the standard of government schools but did not know how. After completing my degree I came across an advertisement for Teach For Nepal and immediately applied. It was the best opportunity that I could get to fulfill my dream of bringing positive change to the education system in the public schools. I am so happy that I am a part of movement of ending education inequality in Nepal.