Born to a farming family in Thame Teng (Upper Thame), she was educated at the Thame and Khumjung schools, and then completed her higher secondary education at New Millenium College in Kathmandu. Since 2011, she has been teaching at the Thame School and living with her family, including baby daughter Lhakpa Doma (pictured here), in Thame Teng.