A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.

Everyone agrees that the failure of our high schools is tragic. It's bad business, and it's bad policy. But we act as if it can't be helped. It can be helped. We designed these high schools; we can redesign them.

We set out what's going to be our work time versus our foundation time versus family time, and we'll reassess that... sometimes every week.

I'm constantly saying to myself, 'I'm lucky I was born in the United States.

If we don't empower women, we don't allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.

Even in decision-making, we work in self-help groups. That is women coming together in small groups of 10 to sometimes 15 women, where they start to get education about their rights, about clean water and sanitation, about how to have a healthy birth. You can bring in all kinds of education to them that way.

I felt suicidal. I couldn't stop crying. I remember thinking, wouldn't it be great if the car crashed and I died?