When you empower women and help them thrive, you help their communities thrive. Women shoulder the burden disproportionately.

I never wanted to be the person who said, "I woulda, coulda, shoulda." Life is way too short, and you may not last that long. I dropped out of Yale after two years to pursue one of the most uncertain careers - modeling. That seemed like a crazy decision, especially coming from where I came from and given what Yale is. Most people I knew told me so. But I was following what my heart was telling me I needed to do. I took the risk. It could easily have not worked out, but it did. Phew!

Donate time, food, or money to organizations that fight the good fight. We can act individually for the collective good. We can all do something.

Camo never goes out of style as far as I'm concerned.

Women are the harshest critics of other women.

I grew up in the South Bronx, raised by my grandmother, who scrapped and scraped to make sure I had a roof over my head and food in my stomach. I was painfully aware of what it was like to live with limited resources and a certain level of uncertainty.

I don't have children of my own so I can't say I know the plight of being a parent, but I can kinda understand some of the complexities of it.