I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism.

My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their grassroots to advocate on behalf of women's and children's empowerment and ending racism.

Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety.

I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.

You see, some non-Catholic friends of mine have questioned the depth of my faith because of the fact that I have a good education.

I was an only child. I've known only children. From this experience, I do believe that the children should outnumber the parents.

The Startup Act should give all Americans, not just immigrants, a better shot at being tomorrow's engineers and entrepreneurs. And that opportunity could begin at a young age with education in computer programming.

As a child, I was afraid of everything. My parents were shy, the kind of people for whom it is an ordeal to go and buy some bread or whatever.