I vowed to myself when I got married that I would cook every night. I find it very therapeutic.

Men can get jobs from one country to another, they can get in. But the people who always fell through the cracks were women and children, especially when you are displaced. I've always said, 'I am the face of a refugee.'

My worst year. The only thing that I know for a fact now is that if it's really a bad day, then I draw the curtains, and I lay in bed. There is no way of dealing with grief. And I have no idea. This year I had double of them, my mother and my husband. I just take it one day at a time.

I think it came out of the fact that I'm a very personal person who lives a very public life. It's the only thing that I thought people would want to hear, and it's never about just being inspirational.

If you are an activist, you have to stay active on a daily basis.

Don't be afraid to walk away from things that are just not right for you.

I come from Somalia. We start working young, and we understand that kind of life. I would be bored to death not doing anything creative.