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She was just 14 when her farmer father died. But destiny was on her side. At 26, she left behind a life of comfort in New York and returned to India to crack the UPSC exam!

A second-degree black belt in Taekwondo, Pooja Nagpal took martial arts training to a remote mountain village in India, and taught young girls how to defend themselves when she was just 15. Here's the inspiring story of this now 19-year-old, who was awarded the 2016 Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes.