Let us not aspire to four-year goals but rather forty-year goals.

I don't focus on the results. Put my head down, put my hoodie up, and do the work.

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

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 think leading by example is important, as I know the next generation is watching us.

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