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Tenzin Tsomo, born in 1942, is a villager in Zhuobabu Village of Saga County in Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.When Tenzin Tsomo was a child, her family grazed sheep for serf owner while begging for a living. Driven to despair, they stole the sheep of serf owner and ran away. It was not long before the serf owner brought them back. Tenzin Tsomo's father was beaten into disabled. Their tent was taken away, so the family had to live in a cave.After the democratic reform in 1959, Tenzin Tsomo was married to a Tibetan staff member who had been sent there to publicize democratic reform policies. Influenced by her husband, Tenzin Tsomo applied to become a volunteer and participated in the policy publicizing. In 1962, she joined the Communist Party of China.In 2020, the family moved into a new house funded by the government. Nowadays, Tenzin Tsomo's family has scores of livestock.