In pur­suit of its Cana­di­an Mis­sion­ary ob­jec­tive of ed­u­cat­ing young girls, the school on the hill had be­come a mag­net for those who want­ed a holis­ti­cal­ly up­lift­ing en­vi­ron­ment. In 1980 Camille Ram­di­al was one of these young ladies com­ing from an un­der­priv­i­leged home with an abu­sive, al­co­holic fa­ther who died when she was nine, and an il­lit­er­ate moth­er, who sold cows' milk to meet the fi­nan­cial needs of her four daugh­ters. Camille typ­i­fied those whom the mis­sion­ar­ies sought to pro­vide for ed­u­ca­tion­al­ly.Young Camille ful­ly un­der­stood the im­por­tance of a sound ed­u­ca­tion. Her first choice at the Com­mon En­trance Ex­am was Na­pari­ma Girls' High School. With no idea where the school was lo­cat­ed, she knew it was the best.

The holis­tic 'Na­pari­ma ex­pe­ri­ence' nur­tured Camille's strengths and tal­ents. Stu­dents' coun­cil, sports, op­erettas, dra­ma and mu­sic fes­ti­vals strength­ened her lead­er­ship skills, team ori­en­ta­tion and self-con­fi­dence. The stu­dents' sup­port ser­vices pro­vid­ed Camille with books and uni­forms through­out her school life. This gen­eros­i­ty in­stilled in Ms. Ram­di­al a pas­sion for help­ing oth­ers, rep­re­sent­ed in the school's mot­to: "Non no­bis solum sed om­nibus", which trans­lat­ed means, "Not for our­selves but for all." She has served var­i­ous non prof­it en­ti­ties- the most re­cent be­ing the Pub­lic Re­la­tions Com­mit­tee of The Na­pari­ma Girls' High School Cen­te­nary Com­mit­tee.Camille ac­knowl­edges life's many bless­ings and chal­lenges. She reached man­age­r­i­al lev­el at Roy­al Bank Ltd. and al­so fur­thered her ter­tiary stud­ies. Two per­son­al painful ex­pe­ri­ences how­ev­er, forced her to re-ex­am­ine her life and be­gin her deep­er spir­i­tu­al jour­ney. Camille be­came di­vorced af­ter 2 years of mar­riage and lost a life­long friend in a trag­ic ac­ci­dent. The lat­ter event fired a pas­sion for life in Camille, so that her per­son­al phi­los­o­phy be­came "em­brac­ing life and seiz­ing as many op­por­tu­ni­ties as pos­si­ble to ful­fill one's pur­pose or rea­son for ex­is­tence."

Hav­ing be­come Fi­nan­cial Ad­vi­sor with Cli­co, she faced fur­ther re­cent chal­lenges, but Camille's per­son­al pas­sion and spir­i­tu­al sense re­main strong, en­abling her com­mit­ment to help­ing her clients through the cur­rent calami­ty. She cred­its the chal­lenges as be­ing nec­es­sary to help her stay true to the sec­ond part of the school's mot­to "but for all."Blessed with a home, world trav­el, her son, and her own busi­ness - Camilleon Con­sult­ing Lim­it­ed, her pas­sion for learn­ing con­tin­ues, as she is com­plet­ing her MBA stud­ies with Heri­ot Watt Uni­ver­si­ty. Her pas­sions al­so in­clude nur­tur­ing her son to ful­fill his own pur­pose, and ful­fill­ing her com­pa­ny's mis­sion, 'Chang­ing Fu­tures'.30 years lat­er, from hum­ble be­gin­nings, Camille still aims high while be­ing root­ed in the val­ues she learnt up on the hill - be your best, work hard, fo­cus on ful­fill­ing your life's pur­pose, and help those around you, whether they be friends, clients, school, com­mu­ni­ty or coun­try.Na­pari­ma Girls High School cel­e­brates its 100 years of ex­is­tence with a se­ries of events for 2011 and 2012. Com­ing in De­cem­ber is the Grand Re­union on De­cem­ber 18, 2011. For more in­for­ma­tion please check www.na­parima­girls.edu.tt or www.ngh­salum­nae.com or call 688-9337 or 704-7695.