I cannot emphasize enough the importance of family encouragement - not just for me, but for everyone.

Mostly, I avoid worrying since the time spent doing it could be spent more constructively.

Students read for tests and because their parents ask them to, but I think it's very important to tell children that you can read for fun, too, and to understand human spirit. It builds empathy.

My family joke that I'm really a very senior person who accidentally happens to be 11.

If you pursued something that you felt strongly about, then I call that success.

All that you need to become an entrepreneur and change the world is a working brain - and pretty much nothing else.

The point of my work is to make it clear that all youth can make 'big miracles' happen.