I think that we need women role models everywhere. I think that it's really hard to imagine yourself as something that you don't see.

Millennials are often portrayed as apathetic, disinterested, tuned out and selfish. None of those adjectives describe the Millennials I've been privileged to meet and work with.

I've always been incredibly proud of both of my parents and proud of the work I had done privately as a person, professionally and academically.

Determination gets you a long way.

I'd ask myself, 'What do I think is really unjust?' That should be a starting point for how you engage with the world.

That's not what I want my children to hear. That's not representative of the country that I want my children to grow up in. And so that actually I found far more upsetting as a mom, as a woman, as an American, and even as my mother's daughter than anything they said about my mom.

I hope to make a positive, productive contribution, as cheesy as that may sound.