I don't think I'm portrayed in the media the way I really am - but then who is?

A lot of my colleagues at school became great friends of mine.

I hope to work with kids any way possible.

I decided to go to Latin America because many of my students in Washington emigrated from this region and inspired me to learn more about their home countries.

I didn't go to Latin America thinking, 'I'm gonna write a book. This is what I'm gonna do.' I went there to work for UNICEF and to learn.

I don't have any children. I just have a cat, to my parents' dismay.

I'm a perfectionist - I could rewrite forever.