I know what it's like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing.

We have to demand that governments live up to their promises and make education a reality for every child.

I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.

We know that many boys and girls leave school because of poverty, because they have to work. However, there are an important number of children who abandon their studies because of the abuses they're subject to by teachers and their own parents.

My dad is a writer, and to see him always in front of a typewriter gave me the inspiration to write. He was my idol, my hero. I wanted to be just like him.

Europe is a very different place from my native country of Colombia and my children are growing up in a very urban setting which is nothing like when I was growing up and would be able to play barefoot in the street. But we have a very good life.

It doesn't matter if you are a musician, a business leader, a president or a student. We all have a responsibility to give back.