For the past three years, Lukkoor has been refocusing her time and energy on those who need it most—the less fortunate across the continents. The corporate employee turned philanthropist quit her job in the midst of the economic downfall as an environmental engineer in 2000 and took on a less financially stable yet more spiritually rewarding role as an online volunteer with NetAid.

A nonprofit organization formed by the United Nations and Cisco Systems, NetAid is designed to help eradicate global poverty and to assist the UN in reaching the eight goals it made at the Millennium Summit in September 2000. The goals, to be reached by 2015, include: eliminating hunger, building primary education, promoting gender equality and women empowerment, increasing longevity among youths, improving maternal health and prenatal care, and decreasing AIDS and HIV.

As an online volunteer, Lukkoor writes articles about disease prevention and disability rehabilitation for one of NetAid's affiliates in Uganda. This, among other things, is why the 35-year-old India native is the winner of NetAid's "Challenge 2015: My World, My Future" essay contest. She was one of 50 candidates.

Joy Portella, NetAid's director of communications, who selected the winner, says although the other essays were well crafted, Lukkoor's had substance.

"Others talked about how poverty has become a major problem and looked at it from a larger standpoint," Portella says. "But Rajashree really took it to heart and talked about what she herself is doing in her daily life to change the world. It's the little things that can make a big difference."

When Lukkoor first heard about the contest, she says she knew instantly she had to do it.

"I had no idea where it would take me," Lukkoor says.

It ended up taking her on an expense-paid trip to New York, where she had what she calls an opportunity of a lifetime to attend a United Nations award ceremony.

"It was such a touching event," Lukkoor says. "I couldn't believe I was there."

The trip only lasted four days, but Lukkoor's mission is ongoing. Mixing her passion for writing with her drive to change the world, she also helps compile newsletters for a hospice program in the U.S. and for a foundation that gives college scholarships to underprivileged youths in India.

"We have so much in life to be thankful for, and we oftentimes take these things for granted," Lukkoor says. "Meanwhile, there are millions of kids out there who don't have the luxury of having food every day or clothes on their backs. And school—forget about it. Some have never even been to one. It's time to share the fortune."

For Lukkoor, sharing fortune means sharing knowledge. She says she hopes her articles will "generate awareness about the living conditions in underprivileged countries" so that others can offer help.

She also says that stopping poverty in the future starts with educating youths of today. She reminds her children that people around the world are dying of starvation when she encourages them to finish the food on their plates. She takes them to visit children with special needs at local hospitals and promotes higher education.

"Children are our future, our future leaders," Lukkoor says. "They need good values in order to make positive changes, and they need to be aware of what's going on in the world."

And, although she admits she has never lived in poverty or visited poverty-stricken communities, Lukkoor says she is still emotionally affected. She says she has yet to visit Uganda.