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by Laura Bailey
Fort Collins Coloradoan FORT COLLINS (AP) — As a young blind girl, Nirmala Gyawali seemed destined to a life of begging on the streets of Nepal. Instead, the 23-year-old woman earned a degree from Colorado State University.
Born one of five children to a poor family in Nepal — three of the children were born blind — Gyawali had little hope for receiving a higher education, let alone completing elementary school. As one of nearly 4,000 CSU students who graduated May 12, Gyawali plans to use her degree to share the wealth she unexpectedly found with other Nepalese people with disabilities. Read more
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