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

I think that we see war as a virtual thing and we even get to believe that bombs fall on top of cardboard cutouts and stuff like that. They don't. They kill real people, real children, real mothers and millions of innocent people.

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.

Live your life to the fullest.

I'm lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I'll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.

The first years of a child's life are too important for a child's future - their development, earnings, behavior, and health - for anyone to ignore.

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.