I am passionate about any effort to achieve social justice and equality, particularly for women.

I love fashion, but I'm not obsessed with it.

Being of service to others daily makes me feel alive.

I think most people are curious about what it would be like to be able to meet yourself - -it's eerie.

It is possible to experience an awakening in this life through realising just how precious each moment, each mental process, and each breath truly is.

My middle name is Nicole. It's so weird because my mom is from El Salvador, but my sisters and I have Irish names - Christy, Kelly, and Erin. And Christy and Kelly, they're not even girls' names! In Ireland, they're boys' names. And somehow, my mom was in El Salvador dreaming about Shamrocks before we were born.

I was never directly pressured by peers, but by surrounding myself with others who were experimenting with smoking provided a certain false comfort.