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InStepp Ambassador Of the Month
Our Shining Stars
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Each month, we highlight one of our many InStepp Ambassadors that contribute their time, energy and talent to our important mission. Our InStepp Ambassador for the current month is Prachi Gangwal.
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January 2012 InStepp Ambassador
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| Prachi Gangwal |
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Standing up for women’s issues took flight in Prachi Gangwal’s life as a young girl growing up in Agra, a city located in the north-eastern state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Reared in a traditional family, Prachi was instilled with the philosophy that “you have freedom as long as you are compassionate, respectful of others and think about others first.” She is trying to impart these same values to her
four and a half year old daughter, Antara. She never accepted the
injustices suffered by women. That is why she believes that her
connection with InStepp was a “planned thing” from a seed
planted in her youth.
During her 8 years in the US, Prachi has obtained a Masters degree in Civil Engineering at North Carolina State University and has worked for Greenhorne and O’Mara, a civil engineering consulting firm in Raleigh. In her quest to learn in depth about life she recently became a certified wellness coach. Through her new venture Prachi Wellness, she wants to help people learn about tapping into their inner strengths to reach their ultimate potential and heal from within. She loves gardening, listening to and playing music, photography and crafting things out of waste products.
Prachi has served as a volunteer Mentor /Life Guide with InStepp for the past eight months. She recalls how she felt overwhelmed at the prospect of meeting her mentee for the first time eight months ago. However, within a matter of minutes of making that crucial first connection, she was completely comfortable. “I was totally surprised to see a woman who had gone through so much to be so composed,” says Prachi. “Mentoring has given me insight into myself. I am always learning in the process when talking with my mentee,” she notes. She advises other women who might be interested in becoming a Mentor/Life Guide “to bring an open heart, mind and spirit” to the volunteer role. “You can’t be rigid in what you see or hear. You must walk with and not ahead or behind your client,” says Prachi.
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