Breast cancer alone kills some 458,000 people each year, according to the World Health Organization, mainly in low- and middle-income countries. It has got to be a priority to ensure that more women can access gene testing and lifesaving preventive treatment, whatever their means and background, wherever they live.

Progress is slow, it is uneven, it is fragile and in some parts of the world it is being erased.

Refugees have done more for my heart and my spirit than I can ever express in words.

Happy endings are just stories that haven't finished yet.

I see myself as mom first. I'm so lucky to have that role in life. The world can like me, hate me or fall apart around me and at least I wake up with my kids and I'm happy.

When I get logical, and I don't trust my instincts - that's when I get in trouble.

Make bold choices and make mistakes. It's all those things that add up to the person you become.