My Story

Gursimranjit's father works as a laborer, earning approximately $5 per day. Gursimran's father struggles with addiction, which leads to most of his earnings being spent on drugs. Gursimranjit's mother is a seamstress and earns $15 per month. the family also receives government wheat for support. Gursimran is in the 5th grade and has two younger sisters. Gursimran looks up to her mother as her role model and dreams of becoming a police officer when she grows up.