Patience is a virtue, but impatience gets things done.

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.

When we look at that jingoism and the sexism and the racism and the homophobia, that's not who we are, and that's not the country that I want my daughter to grow up in.

My parents were very firm about me always getting my homework done.

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.

Determination gets you a long way.

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.