I've got to restructure all my personal life now in order to accommodate public service, which is fine.

If you get through the primary and you work very hard for three months and you're not successful, you go back to being normal. The only thing that changes your life forever is if you win.

We're novices. We have friends now who are part of the freshman class who in some cases have run for Congress two and three times before they won their seat.

I've been travelling, returning home for promotional appearances, and juggling it all with being the mother of a five-year-old.

Land ownership in Guatemala is more unequal than anywhere else in Latin America. Roughly 90 percent of Guatemalan farms are too small to support a family. A tiny group of Guatemalans owns a third of the country's arable land; more than 300,000 landless peasants must scrounge a living as best they can.

I want every Filipino woman empowered with information regarding all options available to her regarding family planning.

I still remember how me and my husband spent 30 minutes trying to convince our then 10 and 12 year old son and daughter that they really would love this black and white movie called, 'It's a Wonderful Life'.