I don't only long for the thrill of being in the middle of a war, I must understand it; I must make other people understand.

I'm afraid of elevators, because they are an enclosed space, but I get in.

Women in Somalia face almost unimaginable oppression.

I know firsthand how critical support systems are.

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

Christmas was the one time of year when my brothers surfaced at home, when my parents and grandparents congregated to eat my mother's roast turkey.

I think that I find a lot of my healing out in the world.