We are patriots in my family, we are believers in America, we're believers in democracy.
You have to make change.
The notion that I had become a political lightning rod was painful for me to experience.
I'm not watching any TV shows, frankly.
Bashar al-Assad and those who still stand by him are now responsible for the deaths of more than 20,000 in Syria.
I am very aware of being black and female because that's what I am.