Women in Somalia face almost unimaginable oppression.

I think it's the human spirit inside of all of us that has an enormous capacity to survive.

I have watched lives change. I have seen women gain confidence.

Getting on a plane is hard for me, but I do it, because travel is vital to me.

We all waited on an afterlife. Only I planned to be alive for mine.

I don't think I'm unusual in that, in my 20s, like many people, I felt invincible.

Every day I have many choices to make about who I want to be.