Born in a remote hilly village of Nepal, I had to struggle a lot to get education as Nepalese patriarchal society does not value girl's education. Despite being fully packed with daily household chores, I managed to pass the school level board exam. After that my parents and neighbors were against my decision to travel to the city for further education, but constant insistence prevailed and later I even got one of my master's degrees from the United Kingdom and further two from Kathmandu. Now, I am proud of being a mother of one daughter to whom I have been able to give all the facilities and quality education, of which I was deprived.

I have taken service, career and education simultaneously. In course of my first job, a joint Project named Gulmi Arghakanchi Rural Development Project, I worked in a Women Development Office where I was pleased to serve poor women. Then I joined Family Planning Association of Nepal as Senior Program Officer and Program Coordinator where I opened the first Adolescent Reproductive health program Nepal as a follow up of a Cairo Conference in 1994 in which the Nepalese government made a commitment to such a programme. When this project phased over, I joined the Center for Development and Population Activities as maternal and Newborn Project Manager, which equipped me with different types of experience. When I joined Save the Children U.S, Regional Office, I encountered the plight of women and adolescents in the rural areas of Nepal. I observed the intense violation of the people's rights during a field visit and was inspired to pursue a PhD. on Adolescent Identity. My interest on adolescent groups started when I worked with them in the project and also with my Master level dissertation which was on Attitude towards Adolescent Reproductive Health.

My writing is only limited in journal and paper presentation. So far, Nepal's People's War Ensnared Nepali People, The Impact of People's War on Adolescent, Nepali Youth and Political perception etc. have been published.

As I myself was discriminated at my home and have witnessed many social unjust in the Nepalese society,  I was always pushed to do something in the name of Nepali people which finally made me get involved in national level democratic movements in Nepal since the age of 13. I was arrested and got hurt many times. Each and every Nepali has made multiple sacrifices for democracy, a thrust of democracy is running in the blood of every Nepali citizen and I am not an exception.  'Democracy' is a must for each conscious human being. It is the only way to differentiate human beings from the other creatures of the Earth and it is the only means and end to be proud of being a human. That is why I am interested to attend this programme where I can learn and share something on globalizing democracy.

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