Background
Dicki Chhoyang was born in Mussoorie, India, in 1966. She grew up in Montreal, Quebec in Canada and began working for the Tibetan community at a very young age.
Dicki Chhoyang was born in Mussoorie, India, in 1966. She grew up in Montreal, Quebec in Canada and began working for the Tibetan community at a very young age.
University of Guelph.
She immigrated to Canada with her family at 4 years of age. Around the age of 20 years, she worked in two key projects. On the one hand, she participated in the first Canadian documentary on Tibet called A Song for Tibet made by the National Film Board of Canada, and secondly to the United States-Tibetan resettlement project in the United States.
She was a local coordinator and helped 21 Tibetans relocate in Connecticut.
At the age of 27, she studied and worked 10 years in Tibet and China. In December 1999, at Indiana University, Master of Arts, she got a degree in Central Eurasian studies.
In 2006, she also obtained a Master of Science from the University of Guelph. Candidate for election in 2011, she was elected the Electorate of North America becoming Deputy of the 15th Assembly Tibetan Parliament in exile.
In September 2011, she was replaced by Tashi Namgyal Khamsitsang when she was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of the 14th Tibetan Kashag.
