Home: Kathmandu, Kathmandu, Bagmati

Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Global College of Nursing, Nepal

I am the only daughter in my family and grew up with elder brother and younger brother. Gender discrimination was a big problem in my family. My grandparents didn’t want me to go to school, instead they wanted me to learn how to cook, wash dishes and clothes and clean the house. If it wasn’t for my father, who fought against my grandparents wishes, to send me to school. School years were difficult too, as I had to juggle my studies with household work. While heading to school, I had to carry goods like rice, maize and millets to sell them in the bazaar which was close to my school and also bring goods needed in the house when I came back. I had to help my parents in the field as well as do household chores. As a daughter of a public school teacher, I have had the opportunity to visit government school and interact with students and teachers. So many students don’t understand the coursework and teachers in government school think that they are not getting paid as much as teachers in private school which are to the contrary. As a Fellow, I want to fill the gap of education inequality between public school and private school. Apart from education, I want to use my education to educate people about health and hygiene in the community.