I never felt settled or calm. You can't really commit to life when you feel that.

I'm hopeful that increased awareness of the issues in Africa will bring about a new wave of progress and activism among young people everywhere.

Violence against women is still treated as a lesser crime. Armed groups turn it into a weapon of choice because of near total impunity.

You know, more children die under the age of five when the parents are not educated.

The life changing moment for me what the first time I went to a war zone and that was Sierra Leone. I took two weeks, eleven years ago and I went. I wasn't an Ambassador or anything I just asked to go and I was allowed to go. It was like someone smacked me in the face.

If you have problems, it's something to apologize for, to be embarrassed about, not to revel in. It's the perfectionist in me...That's why people call me the "bossy little thing"-I'm the bossiest person around.

Each person can make their difference.