Since the age of four, I've been exploring what I can do with the written word: everything from championing literacy and youth voice to raising awareness about world hunger.

Young people are often asked, 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' and given advice about how to lead meaningful adult lives, but where's the encouragement to lead meaningful lives right now?

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

None of my friends don't have Facebook accounts. Op-eds and studies can highlight our decreased enthusiasm for Facebook 'til the cows come home, but it doesn't change the fact that we are chained to the beast. Voluntarily, of course.

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

History is made every day. The challenge is getting everyone to pay attention to it.

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