Sabhya is a ever-smiling girl who is determined to be an government official one day. Her eager interest in pursuing her dream career has led her to be selected out of 3,000 applicants as a Girl Icon Fellow in the hopes of creating social change in her community. Although she comes from an impoverished background, she has decided nothing can stop her in her enthusiasm to work for the community as an IAS officer in Uttar Pradesh, India. She plans to serve the nation some day.

As a celebrated 100 meters sprinter, representing Uttar Pradesh, India 13­ year ­old Akshara audaciously overcomes the challenge of being a female athlete in the male­-dominated field of sports in India. As an under 14 sports representative from U.P., Akshara stood 3rd in the North Zone Athletics competition. Her opponents were state representatives of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan. However, she did not get any financial support from the government for these competitions. Her belief is that regardless of gender, every athlete representing the state or district should receive every form of support from the legal authorities. She has been actively involved in encouraging girls in her neighborhood to pick up and excel in sports that they enjoy. Alternatively, inspired by her father and a popular television series, Adalat, she wants to study law and become a judge so she can improve the state of justice in our society and propagate fairness by example.