Education spurs growth and unlocks potential. After all, a single year of primary education creates a 10 to 20 percent increase in a woman's wages later in life. Education lowers the risk of disease and decreases the likelihood that a child will fall into violence and crime. And a child born to a literate mother is 50 percent more likely to survive past age five. No country has achieved sustained growth without at least 40 percent literacy for its adults.

I'm a firm believer that education is the most efficient tool we have to make people aware and make our children aware, and to protect them from the scourge of the century, which is AIDS

Sometimes, I ask myself how any other singer could substitute the inspiration of god in their songs

My music career has been very rewarding, but success never came easily.

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.

I can't wait for the time when curves and a little belly fat will be sexy again!

I started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then I have been very involved in the crusade for education.