My philosophy in life... is to prove myself to myself and not to others. I tried to teach my children that, that I have to respect myself, to prove to myself that I can do the best I can.

I met Jeb Bush in 1971 in my hometown in Mexico. We dated for three years back and forth. Then, after three years, he proposed to me.

I always have been a private person. I like to be alone. When I was a little girl I used to listen to the radio and just be by myself.

All these years, I found that being a good wife for Jeb is my most important role, no doubt.

For me, family comes over and above everything.

My mother, oddly enough, really wanted to pursue a career in law, but at the time, she had children and was working as a teacher.

I have family members who live in Africa. Because of the family that lives there, I know what is happening in these countries, and it seems so silly to me that diseases like malaria are so prevalent when they are entirely preventable. Yet children are still dying every 35 seconds.

I hope for little girls and boys that there is a future where they can make choices about how they raise their family and what sort of career they have, which is based on what they want and what makes them happy.