There is no other investment that has the kind of social multiplier effect that early education has. It is an incredible thing to nurture and watch grow and spread.

At the current pace of change, we won't have universal access to education in 100 years, let alone five, and that is unacceptable.

The music teacher thought I sang like a goat. It was kind of devastating. A few months after that, I participated in a music contest and won. I took my little trophy to school and rubbed it in his nose. I said to him, "What do you say now?"

If I could, I'd live in the nude, like Eve in paradise.

I grew up in Barranquila, Colombia, and I spent most of my childhood dreaming about becoming a singer.

In 2006 I was asked to sing at the World Cup in Germany, and in 2010 I was fortunate enough to be asked again.

I'm someone who has always been very stubborn and strong-willed. I never gave up.