You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do have a choice about the kind of parent you will be.

Dr. King used to say, 'I was sitting in the back of the bus, but my mind was always up front.' Don't let anybody tell you that you can't do it. You aim high and you work very hard and now I think it's clear that you can be anything you want to.

Homeless shelters, child hunger, and child suffering have become normalized in the richest nation on earth. It's time to reset our moral compass and redefine how we measure success.

I need to work outside government, on my own.

Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for.

Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts.

I also grew up with community co-parents who looked out for each other. They looked out for children and tried to be the hands of God. They tried to live their faith.