She saved the lives of many patients, secretly giving medicines to those who could not purchase them, and was responsible for distributing aid funds to Jewish refugees fleeing Ethiopia on their way to Israel.

Contrary to popular belief in Ethiopia at the time, Asarsi's father was persuaded to send not only his sons but also his daughters to school.

After completing her training as a nurse in 1983, the authorities decided to send her to work on the Asmara front, where battles were fought between the Eritrean rebels and the army, as part of the Ethiopian Civil War.

The refugees were suffering from a shortage of food and clean water, many diseases, a lack of medical services, and harassment by the locals.

[7] At her request, she was also assigned to work in the refugee camp clinic's pharmacy, a position that allowed her to help Jews who were unable to purchase the medicines they needed.

Asarsi, who was in advanced pregnancy, gave birth to her daughter at a hospital in Khartoum, and about a month later, in May 1985, she arrived with her family in Canada.

[1] Asarsi began studying medicine in Winnipeg, but due to the imprisonment of two of her brothers, who were aliyah activists in Gondar, she was forced to drop out of medical school and work to help support her family back in Ethiopia.