Before coming to the CED Society, I lived with my parents and four older sisters in a small village named Karang in Dolpo, Nepal. Because there was no hospital in Karang, I was born in the Kathmandu hospital in 2001.

While traveling to Kathmandu, a thief stole the money my mother had brought to pay for the medical expenses. Fortunately, she was able to borrow the funds from a kind monk. I feel very blessed to have been born in a hospital as I was so weak that I needed to stay in the NICU for nine months.

One day, brother Lama Tenzin Choegyal and his sister Pempa Negi came to our village. They spoke with my mother for a long time, after which they offered to take me with them to Dehradun, India, to receive better education and more opportunities. I was so small that my father carried me until I had to say goodbye to continue my journey to India with brother Lama Tenzin and Pempa Negi.

Although my father taught me and my siblings Tibetan, I was homeschooled for the first year at the CED to learn Hindi and English. Now I am in 11th grade and am taking many science classes because I want to become a gynecologist to help pregnant women who cannot afford to travel to the hospital. So it is vital for me to go back to help develop my village.

During the pandemic, in addition to our online education, we have had so much fun because we were able to play, watch movies, and eat momos (steamed dumplings) and pizza. I want to say thank you to brother Lama Tenzin and all the sponsors for allowing me to be where I am today.