L. lost her mother when she was 7. When her father also passed away she stayed with foster parents. Her next refuge at 16 was the Gayasingh Ashram convent in Port Louis. Sponsor A Child catered for her books and tuition fees. She passed her Cambridge School Certificate and her college rector is confident that she will pass her Higher School Certificate Examinations. She took part in an essay competition on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and came out first, island wide. LQ received a well-deserved cash prize of $500 from the hands of the Minister of Education