I was born and raised in East Los Angeles by a single mom who had three biological kids and adopted four more. I never met my dad.

I am trying to encourage kids to do something that isn’t yet on their mind because it is not in popular culture. Popular culture tells you 'music, music, sports, sports.' It neglects the importance of a STEM education.

If countries were people, England and France would be old men. Italy would be dead. Compared with them, America is in its 20s.

I'm fascinated with quantum physics.

Now that Obama's president, it changes inner-city youths. They can now not just dream to be Lil Waynes and 50 Cents, but they can now dream to be Obamas.

If you really want change, you really want it to be inclusive, where everyone's included, otherwise you're just going to have more of the same in the future.

Eisenhower warned us about the military-industrial complex and the damage it could do to society.