My children are still young, but I try to talk to them about giving back and how important it is, just to look at the world, be invested in things, to be passionate about things, to have a dream.

If nothing else, I want women to understand that they are powerful. If you look back at history, in almost every big moment, in every leap forward, you find ordinary women at the core. We have more ability to make changes in the world than we can imagine if we have the courage to try.

When a woman has her first child in places like Africa, they're really young. They can be 12, 13,14, so their frames are really small, and they're usually malnourished.

If you don't have a dream in life, I don't know what you have. You have to want something beyond your reach; it's exciting when it works out.

My children are still young, but I try to talk to them about giving back and how important it is, just to look at the world, be invested in things, to be passionate about things, to have a dream.

Children with healthy mothers are much more likely to survive childhood, attend school and live healthy, productive lives.

The desert loves me. I love the desert. It's nice to be in the heat in Africa. I love it.