After I was appointed the Deputy School Captain and the House Captain, a conjoint role, I exited the assembly hall to be congratulated by my peers and teachers. One of the seniors that I am closest to pulled me aside, congratulated me and said, ‘All House Captains are left alone at some point during their leadership.’ I was startled. My first day in the leadership position and I was already nervous. Even though I received many encouraging words, I was...

After completing high school, my mother was married off to another family at the tender age of nineteen, and struggled to further her education while handling family responsibilities in her new roles as a house wife as well as a mother to a newly born child. In a country where women education is not prioritized, I have been very fortunate to be able to go to school. A mentality still exists in Nepal where success of women is measured in...

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