I've learned to take things a little more easily, to be a little more forgiving of myself.

Well, my husband is supportive of my work, like advocating for dialogue between cultures on YouTube.

Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.

Maybe clothes are a form of creative expression for me. An outlet. Because I don't get to express myself creatively through my official duties.

Look at any country that's plagued with poverty, disease or violence; the antidote is girls. Girls are the antibodies to many of society's ills.

Whatever title or office we may be privileged to hold, it is what we do that defines who we are ... Each of us must decide what kind of person we want to be-what kind of legacy that we want to pass on.

By its very nature, hard-line ideology is self-serving and self-perpetuating; its primary goal is to survive - and that precludes everything.