Almost a year ago, RugMark introduced supporters to someone we affectionately termed our “young hero”: Sanita Lama. From Boston to Miami, Sanita shared with audiences her experience growing up as a ‘carpet kid’ in Nepal.

To help pay off her parents' debts, Sanita quit school and began working at age eight. After two years of tying knots, injuring herself on sharp tools and inhaling wool fibers, she was found by a RugMark inspector.

Since meeting Sanita last year, many RugMark supporters have asked about her and on this anniversary of her poignant visit, we wanted to share news of her success. Today, at 20, she is back in school studying accounting and English. Sanita also sends lots of namaste to those wonderful RugMark friends she met along the way.