A month shy of her 14th birthday, Malavath Poorna became the world’s youngest woman to conquer the Everest after a 52 day climb this month. Poorna hails from the Nizamabad district of Andhra Pradesh, India, where her parents are farm labourers. She is a class IX student studying in a government run social welfare hostel. Even though she comes from a modest background, Poorna told NDTV in an interview last November: “I will climb Mount Everest and after I am back, I am going to be an IPS officer.” And now that she has accomplished one goal, she is clear about her plans for the future. When asked by HuffPost about what is next for her, she said, “I am going back to school. I can’t neglect my education, without education we are nothing – most of our community people are living in miserable conditions due to lack of education. These are life lessons from my parents.”
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