Poornima lives at Morjim, Pernem. Her father Santosh is working as a mason but his work is not regular. Her mother Suvarna is a housewife. She is having one younger brother and one elder sister and two younger sisters and all are the students. Poornima got very good marks in class X th, and wanted to become an engineer. But her father couldn’t afford to meet her educational expenditure. Therefore she approached Indian Students Educational Aid Foundation for financial assistance to continue her education.
Poornima was selected for Indian students Educational Aid Foundation scholarship in the year 2011. Mrs. Uta Brandt was her sponsor. She completed her engineering degree course in Information Technology in the year 2017. Soon after she was appointed as a software engineer in ‘Persistent Systems Ltd.’ at Verna, Goa.
Poornima is very grateful to Indian Students Educational Aid foundation and her sponsor for helping and supporting her financially.