We need women who are at the head of a boardroom, like at the head of the White House, at the head of kind of major scientific enterprises so that little girls everywhere can then think, you know what? I can do that, I want to do that, I will do that.

I am so proud and grateful to be my mom's daughter.

Determination gets you a long way.

Over the summer I thought that I would seek out non-Americans as friends, just for diversity's sake. Now I find that I want to be around Americans - people who I know are thinking about our country as much as I am.

My marriage is incredibly important to me. It's the place from which I engage in the world every day, and the place to which I return every day.

I had seen people who had lost everything and everyone they loved to war, famine, and natural disasters.

I am excited to work with NBC News to continue to highlight stories of organizations and individuals who make their communities and our world healthier, more just and more humane.