Nilam Poudel is a human resource officer at Mitini Nepal and a freelance make-up artist. She is also an LGBTIQ activist. Nilam says, “Before I got into this field, I worked as a reporter for the online portal, Himalayan News Express. As everyone knows, I am a trans woman, so I started putting on makeup to look and feel pretty. I took makeup classes in Nepal but never thought I would take this route professionally. But when I went for interviews, I got a lot of compliments.”