Service is an opportunity for young women to really empower themselves.

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.

It just seems so fundamental to me. I'm able to marry the person I wanted to marry. That's the fundamental human imperative. Those of us who have been lucky enough should expand these rights to others.

My most important identity now is as a mother.

As a mom, what I found so disturbing were the things that were being said on a national stage - I mean, literally on the stage and off the stage, around the convention about women, about minorities, about Muslims, about immigrants.

I do really well in the traditional board games: Backgammon, Checkers.

We proved we could be safe and secure at home, and still have more allies and friends in the world.