Twenty-one-year-old Tenzin is now in the 12th grade in high school. To most Australian kids, it's late to be still at school, but Tenzin says she feels blessed and lucky.
Born and raised in a nomadic family in Tibet's Autonomous Region, Tenzin was sent at the age of eight, together with her younger brother and sister, to Dharamsala, where the Tibetan Government-in-exile is headquartered, to pursue a better education. She describes her childhood in Tibet saying "there is no freedom like you guys", adding that she wished "they have the right to religion".
2008 was the year that Beijing held its massive Olympic Games, and it was also the year Tenzin's father became a political prisoner for participating in Tibetan protests.
Tenzin says her life was under pressure while she was in India. She says she felt the burden of taking care of her younger siblings overwhelming, but she was also thankful that both of them are good kids.
Their life together ended when Tenzin came to Australia alone.
Source: Amy Wong
Tenzin applied to come to Australia as a refugee, encouraged by her teachers who believed that she would have an even brighter future in Australia than in India.
Her family was offered a refugee placement in Australia due to her father's status as a political prisoner. Tenzin's mother decided to give that opportunity to the eldest sister of the family.
And so at the end of 2016, her new life in exile began in Brisbane.
"That is the saddest moment that happened in my life," she says. "I still miss them every day and I still think. The hardest time is to separate from the one who you really love." 
But, despite "the saddest moment", she has become integrated into her new life in Australia.
Source: Amy Wong
"Tibetans are really grateful to the Australian government. Bring refugees to accept refugees and giving many opportunities. "
“I feel like home," she adds.
