When she joined Swades, a local Mumbai NGO, little did she know that a few months later she would use the English language to change the lives of the residents of a nearby village. This is an inspiring story of Diya Shah, a high school student with a heart of gold.

   In just a matter of two months, the residents of Khamgaon went from struggling with English to becoming near experts at it, all because of Diya’s perseverance. This is her amazing story as narrated by her: “Everyone usually tries to get internships between the 10th and 11th grade to add to their résumé and I was no different. I started interning at an NGO called Swades and for the first few weeks I sat at my desk and assigned selfhelp groups - it was boring and monotonous. One weekend my colleague was going to a village called Khamgaon where our volunteers often visited and asked me to join him…I immediately agreed! When I went there, I was....