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

Values are the shields that you carry throughout life and it protects you from whatever life throws at you.

I don't believe there is a clash between cultures. I believe there is a clash between perceptions of each other.

At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important.

My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, "I wish I could do that." Like women who endure hardships and turn their luck around and bring up children on their own and start a business. Or a social worker who leaves his country, his comfort, his friends, and goes far away to help people he doesn't know. I want to evolve into that, ultimately. I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.

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

A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.