I work in areas related to child protection and family safety, women's empowerment, the creation of opportunities for youth, and culture and tourism. Daunting? Yes. Impossible? No. In fact, such challenges energize me.

I'd rather be dealt with as a person than a persona.

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

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.

Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

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 position attracts a fair amount of rumors and gossip and misperceptions, but I'd rather not focus on that.