Determination Gets You A Long Way.

For Most Of My Life, I Deliberately Led A Private Life In The Public Eye.

Celebrate Those Who Have The Courage To Be Second, Because I Do Think That Often There Really Is This Claustrophobic Pressure To Innovate Instead Of To Adapt.

My Most Important Identity Now Is As A Mother.

I Am Excited To Work With Nbc News To Continue To Highlight Stories Of Organizations And Individuals Who Make Their Communities And Our World Healthier, More Just And More Humane.

Thinking About The World Writ Large, I Am More Optimistic Than Not That We Will Tackle Our Most Pressing Challenges, Whether Poverty Or Equality For Women And Girls Or Climate Change; But I Also Know We'll Only Tackle Them If People Are Really Informed About The Challenge And What's Proven To Work.