She left school at age 12 to help her parents in daily household chores, and because her family could not afford her education.

At the age of 14 she left home in the middle of the night, without telling her parents, to join the Maoist insurgency when they came recruiting through her village.

After returning home she dreamed of doing something more with her life to support her family, and traveled to Kathmandu to pursue karate and running.

[14] She was a good runner, but didn’t know what ultra-running was when she participated in her first ultra-marathon, the 50 km Himalayan Outdoor Festival trail race.

She has organized many trail races in Kathmandu, and also her native Bojpur, to promote the sport among Nepali youth.