We have to shine a bright light on horrific moments in society if we're going to create a better world for our children.

I've been a social justice advocate all my life, becoming an activist for women and human rights even in high school, and found ways to weave it in to my later for-profit career. The first film I got involved in was Christy Turlington's "No Woman, No Cry" , which was about the impact of maternal health around the world. It brought this important issue to light, and even though I wasn't in a credit position, I helped her find ways to screen it.

I have an opportunity to give a voice to those who have no voice. Even though film production wasn't a bucket list item for my life, what I have been passionate about is creating change and impacting society - especially bringing conversations forward on formerly taboo subjects.

There's a leadership gap in the modern business world. Young professionals need to step up to the challenge.

I didn't take a single business class. I learned on the job.

I do think film can change culture, in a way that reading a story in the New York Times does not.

What is exciting today is that with technology filmmaking has been democratized, and so many more people have access to making a film.