It's not enough to raise awareness. You have to give people solutions, and you have to invite them to get involved in whatever way they can, whether that's doing volunteer work or taking a portion of their salary and figuring out where they want that money to go. You have to find ways to inspire people to get involved.

Family is everything. Family comes first. It's not what I expected it to be, but nothing ever is.

I'm sure other people have a very strange view of my lifestyle.

If you want to change the world, change yourself.

Thanks for all the birthday love! I feel like the luckiest girl in the world today!

Who needs the sun, when the rain is so full of life?

We're very privileged as Americans - it's easy to forget about the rest of the world and to think that your problems are the most important problems. Even poor people in America live better than poor people most everywhere else.