Her journey had begun much earlier, when she left home at 11 to pursue hockey. Her mother, a former football player, played an important role in encouraging her to take up hockey.
Later, at the National Hockey Academy in Delhi, she carried a Mizo-Hindi-English dictionary to overcome the language barrier. Years after losing her father, Lalremsiami received the Arjuna Award with other members of her family by her side.
She became the first sportsperson from Mizoram to receive the honour.