My most important identity now is as a mother.

My parents have been incredibly supportive from perhaps the first real independent decision I made to become a vegetarian at 11, which was certainly not consistent with their diet at the time.

What inspires me most are people who imagine and implement solutions to challenges in their own lives, in their communities, in our country and around the world.

I loved working on Wall Street. I loved the meritocracy of it and the camaraderie of the trading floor.

My parents taught me to approach the world critically, but also to approach it with a sense of responsibility.

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.

Celebrate those who have the courage to be second.