I believe that it is my job to fight for the rights of others to have the same rights that I take for granted. As a white, American male, I have had it quite good. I recognize that and fight every day for everyone to have the same opportunities that I have had.

I am deeply inspired by the courage and achievements of young people who didn't have the safety nets I had growing up.

I know our kids will be OK, as long as they listen more to their mother than to me!

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.

Go to countries where you don't speak the language. Eat food that looks like you may not like it. Read all of the holy books.

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

I just try to walk the walk. I try to live every day with the utmost honesty and integrity to myself and the people around me.