I wanted to tell stories about people who didn't have the chance to tell their own.

We can live nuanced, complicated, exciting lives with no reason for limitation.

Fighting for social justice is not about leaving the mainstream. It is about being right in the middle of it.

I will go to my grave wishing that I did more. Wishing that I didn't sleep as much. Wishing that I didn't waste so much time. Wishing that I fought harder.

I have been so damn lucky to be able to do what I love my entire life. I never take that for granted.

We must change the culture of politics first.

When a young person is not eating three meals a day but still getting perfect grades at school, or when a young person deals with trauma at a young age yet still makes it to college, these are the things that inspire me.