{"id":28909,"date":"2025-12-15T06:23:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T06:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/?page_id=28909"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:28:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:28:27","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am a <strong>world citizen<\/strong>, a human being, first and foremost, passionately devoted to social justice, equality, international understanding, and world peace. As a humanist, I am devoted to and believe in humanity, as well as in the power and permanence of change, having been a beneficiary of and experienced the power of both. To me, life is a beauty and a <strong>wonder<\/strong> and the world an incredible and marvelous place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My professional life reflects a deep engagement with global communities: I am an experienced <strong>International Chemistry\/Science teacher<\/strong>, former social worker, and <strong>former teacher trainer<\/strong>, with a North-American accent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My foundation spans the globe: Born into a very poor <strong>Tibetan-Buddhist<\/strong> family not even expected to go to school, I <strong>completed<\/strong> a Jesuit schooling in Nepal, an international <strong>one<\/strong> in Italy, a liberal arts <strong>one<\/strong> in the US, and teacher-training in Australia. This cross-cultural exposure is also reflected in my hobbies: my choice of musical instrument <strong>is<\/strong> Australian (the <strong>Didgeridoo<\/strong>), my choice of sport <strong>American<\/strong> (<strong>Ultimate Frisbee<\/strong>), and my choice of dance <strong>Latin American<\/strong> (Merengue and Salsa).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My life is defined by movement and a love for exploration\u2014of worlds both within and without. I have been educated in <strong>five countries<\/strong>, lived and\/or worked in <strong>twelve<\/strong>, spanning five continents, and set foot in another thirty or so. Not surprisingly, I recently changed country of residence for the <strong>20th time<\/strong>, and city of residence for the <strong>21st time<\/strong>. Apart from being an avid traveler, I am a speaker, a birder, a bird photographer, and an amateur runner, having recently completed my first-ever half-marathon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>England, November 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/about-me-the-2020-version\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> for the 2020 <em>About Me<\/em> page. <a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/recent-update-about-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here<\/a> for the Aug. 2013 <em>About Me<\/em> page. And <a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/about-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, for the March 2013, the first, <em>About Me<\/em> page.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a world citizen, a human being, first and foremost, passionately devoted to social justice, equality, international understanding, and world peace. As a humanist, I am devoted to and believe in humanity, as well as in the power and permanence of change, having been a beneficiary of and experienced the power of both. To [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":28911,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28909","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2Jbro-7wh","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28909"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29583,"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28909\/revisions\/29583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}