I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.

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.

Of course for a Colombian girl it was always impossible to even imagine becoming an international popstar, but my dream became reality.

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

I have never had one moment of stage fright and performing has always been a huge thrill and source of enjoyment for me. It's part of my personality.

I am trying to make my accent so it won't bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I am an American girl when I am from Colombia.

You want to be skinny and have a good body? You have to work out every day and say no to certain foods.