One of the things that people aren't aware of is how much progress is being made in eradicating poverty and providing a healthier life and longevity for people around the world.

I'm inspired by the resilience of people around the world.

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

Phones are powerful at providing information.

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

The resilience and the resourcefulness of people to make a better life, to survive, to give their children something better than they had, is so inspiring. I look at how hard it must be to get up every day and fight that battle and I think, Wow, anything I'm doing just has to be in service.

Being poor is not like being a victim. Being poor means that you don't have one resource.