As for the difficulties, as Dawa Drolma left home for study at an early age, she could easily get used to the life there. And there wasn’t a problem in communicating, because Dawa Drolma learnt English on purpose beforehand.

However, when she studied with the local students, there was still an English gap. So, she’ s still inferior to them in English.

One more thing. She can’t adapt to the food. Sometimes she miss her mom’s cooking.

There are at most 120 students in a class, which aims to ensure each student have more opportunities to communicate with teachers. If you have any questions, you can have a deep dialogue with teachers. There aren’t too many international students.

As the only Tibetan student, each time when Dawa Drolma have a question, they will ask her how they will tackle such trouble. Dawa Drolma will answer several questions in each lesson. In sharp contrast with the others,she will receive many questions.

Actually, Dawa Drolma has decided to major in marketing before she went to America. Her family has been doing the traditional handicraft. She also considered that how to promote it in modern days.

They didn’t go to school nor go out but inherit the traditional skills at home. So Dawa Drolma believes the traditional handicraft should be interacted with modern market. They should make it hit a wider market.

While making economic profits, it can also encourage people to better inherit their traditional culture. The seniors in her family agreed with her.

However, they didn’t receive too much education and didn’t know what’s market and economy. Without related experience,

It’s hard for them to push it into the oversea market. Owing to her lack of handicraft skills, Dawa Drolma chose to learn marketing. She will make an attempt to stand on the international stage. That’s why she chose this major.

Attending classes, taking part in the activities of the students’ union and doing a part-time job, Dawa Drolma is really busy. To further strengthen her practical ability, she took part in multiple entrepreneurship competitions and won awards several times.

When many peers are enjoying their golden time of youth, she is still striving to enrich herself. Now, she has created her own brand “Qinle” with her family. It focuses on pushing the original Tibetan handicrafts into the market of the inland China and even across the world.

Now, she has been studying there for three years with one year remaining. Dawa Drolma has never intended to stay in America. She will get back to her hometown and develop their traditional handicraft.

Dawa Drolma said, “ Many said that the traditional culture will go bad once it becomes a commodity. Because it needs to have some changes to cater for people’s demand. If that happens, it’s not the traditional culture any more. Nevertheless, I believe we can make some tiny changes to make handicraft alive. If not, it will disappear sooner or later. Everyone needs to live, eat and wear clothes. If people can live on handicraft, they will learn it initiatively rather than be forced to do it. That’s the right way to make the traditional culture live up to the future.”

Learning the marketing in the US and filming documentaries on the Tibetan handicraft are the efforts made by Dawa Drolma to broadcast and inherit Tibetan culture.

During the interview, what impressed us most is the sense of responsibility towards the inheritance of the ethnic culture from a post-90s Tibetan girl. We expect to see more young people like her who is really concerned about the ethnic culture. More youngsters are needed to maintain the ongoing development of the ethnic culture.