Seema Kumari, a graduate of the YUWA class of 2021 has received a full scholarship from the Harvard University in Cambridge.

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Seema hails from the remote village of Dahu in Ormanjhi, Jharkhand.

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Her parents are illiterate and rely on subsistence farming. Her father also works as a labourer at a local thread factory.

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Seema avoided child marriage, defended her right to an education, and played football.

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She will be the first woman in her family to attend a university.

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The YUWA school supports girls from impoverished families belonging to rural Jharkhand.

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Seema started working as a Football coach to pay her school fees.

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In 2018, she was accepted to the Washington University.

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Global icon and Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra on Friday took to her Twitter handle to heap praises on Seema.