My childhood, my adolescence and my young adulthood were horrible journeys. I was born in 1987 in a small town of a landlocked country Bhutan, North of China. In 1991, the revolution erupted between Buddhist and Nepalese based on caste, creed and religion. The civil war caused me to leave my motherland at a tender age. Banished to the neighboring country Nepal, I lived in a refugee camp for 17 years lacking citizenship rights and depending on humanitarian aid for survival. In addition to the hardship and deprivation, I fell victim to physical and emotional abuse at the hands of an alcoholic father. Living in a refugee camp for all those years, I could finally see some light at the end of the tunnel; the International Organization for Migration (IOM) resettled me to the United States of America in 2008. Even though it was somewhat difficult to get accustomed to the culture, tradition, and custom of this country, with some English classes and work skill training, I became familiar with my new country.
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Being free from his day to day abuse, I studied at one of the community colleges in Colorado. I was the first in my family to attend college. I earned 39 credits as a liberal arts student maintaining a 3.8 GPA. I moved to New Hampshire in the mid of 2011 and completed my Associates Degree in Health Information Management maintaining a 3.6 GPA. Moving back to Colorado last July, I took a job as a Health Information Specialist at one of the hospitals in Denver. Along with providing excellent customer service to the patients and their families, I maintain, scan, index, file, and retrieve medical
Being free from his day to day abuse, I studied at one of the community colleges in Colorado. I was the first in my family to attend college. I earned 39 credits as a liberal arts student maintaining a 3.8 GPA. I moved to New Hampshire in the mid of 2011 and completed my Associates Degree in Health Information Management maintaining a 3.6 GPA. Moving back to Colorado last July, I took a job as a Health Information Specialist at one of the hospitals in Denver. Along with providing excellent customer service to the patients and their families, I maintain, scan, index, file, and retrieve medical