Kabita is a lawyer by training and has extensive experience in education and community development. She was an inaugural staff member at Teach For Nepal, as the manager of fellowship recruitment and selection, where she met hundreds of young Nepali leaders and educators committed to improving educational opportunities and outcomes for students in Nepal.
Since her time at TFN, Kabita has built experiences supporting worker collectives, micro-enterprises, and minority-run organizations, as well as at a multilateral development institution focused on infrastructure finance. She first learned of Samaanta in its earliest days, and is excited to contribute to its work of building more inclusive, equitable, communities in Nepal. Kabita attended Columbia College at Columbia University, and received her JD from UCLA School of Law. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Manchester.