In my experience when a friend unloaded about a boyfriend or spouse, the listener soaked up the complaint and remembered it long after the speaker had forgiven the offense.

Don't be shy about making a teacher of any willing party who knows what he or she is doing.

I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. Today is one of those experiences.

I am eternally grateful to all of the Latino groups outside of the Puerto Rican community, but including the Puerto-Rican community, who came to support me during the process [of nomination].

The best I could say about third grade was that it was a more or less continuous state of dread.

Diabetes taught me discipline.

There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested. Whether it's serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents who speak limited English, difficulty can tap unexpected strengths.