Khurshid Dabdi joined CRY in 1989 in an administrative function. But her dream of working with children took shape only in 1996, when children from the construction site nearby peeked into the CRY office. She helped set up the Neighbourhood Project. When the project crystallized into Sunbeam, she quit CRY to nurture her dream full time.
In the early years, she was standby teacher, community worker, counsellor, administrator, accountant and babysitter. Apart from her professional life she believes she is blessed by the consistent guidance from her Guru, Sri Satya Sai Baba who has helped her develop into a better human being.