Make sure you continue to trust what you know now about yourself and stay true to what you believe in

When we better understand the realities of these women's lives, we are able to design and deliver solutions that are more useful to them.

In different places you run into myths around vaccination or around family planning. In the United States, one of the myths that existed for a long time, that has been completely debunked, was that autism was linked to a vaccine.

The premise of this foundation is one life on this planet is no more valuable than the next.

We start with an economic approach. We look at what are the greatest causes of death in the developing world, and what causes the largest amount of disability, which would prevent you from getting a job. A lot of those deaths start with diseases, diseases we don't get in such a great number in the United States.

One life is worth no more or less than any other

I care much more about saving the lives of mothers and babies than I do about a fancy museum somewhere.