You probably don't think twice about going into your kitchen and turning a few knobs to prepare a meal for yourself and your family on an electric or gas range. But for nearly 3 billion people in developing countries who depend on solid fuels to cook their food, the simple act of cooking results in 4 million premature deaths every year from exposure to toxic smoke.

Gender data is important. If girls don’t have a birth certificate, how do we know how many are marrying as children?

Women and girls have been my passion for my whole life.

Collaboration gets me excited.

I'm a positive person who likes to see things get done.

It's harder to be a poor person than anything else.

If you can get to a girl and make a difference in her life, you're actually going to have a greater impact on a woman's life. If you don't get to her as a girl, you may not be able ever to help her as a woman.