The scales of justice often, in my head, are unbalanced. And so my job is to try to balance out those scales.

Every hard working New Yorker, regardless of their income, race, or gender deserves an equal shot at attaining retirement security.

Our schools should be sanctuaries of learning, not nightmares of cruel and racist behavior.

Only when we ensure that the mistakes of our past are not the vision for our future, will we truly have achieved justice.

There will be no more one-size-fits-all. Education will respond to you.

One of the things that is very silly - and I hear from educators all the time - is that schools essentially teach kids to learn. They don't need school for that. Learning is what they do best.

I am an Air Force brat who grew up at various Air Force bases. I changed six schools in about five years and got stability for the first time when I was sent to a boarding school, Rishi Valley. I lived outside of a cantonment-style living and was among an eclectic mix of kids and got exposed to books and other things.

As a white woman with a privileged education, I'm keenly aware that I founded an organization that can only realize its goal if it enlists many more leaders who share the backgrounds of the students and families we work with.