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I hope telling stories though 'Making a Difference' - as in my academic work and nonprofit work - will help me to live my grandmother's adage of 'Life is not about what happens to you, but about what you do with what happens to you.'
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Service is a deceptively profound way to prove not only what you can do for the world, but what you can tell the world to expect from you and your ambitions.
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I was working full-time and going to school at night and on the weekends. It was just crazy.
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I walk my dog every morning.
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My parents were definitely on the incentive side of parenting. Like, they told me that my father had learned to read when he was three. So, of course, I thought I had to, too.
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We need Hollywood to make movies and television shows about sexy female engineers.
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That's who my mom is. She's a listener and a doer. She's a woman driven by compassion, by faith, by a fierce sense of justice and a heart full of love. So, this November, I'm voting for a woman who is my role model, as a mother, and as an advocate. A woman who has spent her entire life fighting for families and children.
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I was a vegetarian for 10 years and a pescetarian for eight. Then I woke up one day when I was 29 and craved red meat. I'm a big believer in listening to my body's cravings.
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Running is the one part of my life in which I fundamentally feel like the observer instead of the observed.
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We proved we could be safe and secure at home, and still have more allies and friends in the world.
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Every day at some point I encounter some sort of anti-American feeling.
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Running is my prophylactic stress relief for the day. Or the segue so that I can go home and be with my husband in a kind of clearheaded way.
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It's a widely-held belief that Millennials are obsessed with money. And it's also wildly true. Just don't mistake it for a fixation with getting rich.
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Determination gets you a long way.
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My marriage is incredibly important to me. It's the place from which I engage in the world every day, and the place to which I return every day.
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Millennials are often portrayed as apathetic, disinterested, tuned out and selfish. None of those adjectives describe the Millennials I've been privileged to meet and work with.
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Through their 'Making a Difference' franchise, 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.
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My parents and my grandmother inspire me every day and, every day, in my work and personal life.
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Service is an opportunity for young women to really empower themselves.
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I know I'm late, but I've finally joined Facebook!
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My mother has often said that the issue of women is the unfinished business of the 21st century. That is certainly true. But so, too, are the issues of LGBTQ rights the unfinished business of the 21st century.
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I have a boyfriend and a dog, and I still haven't figured out what I want to be when I grow up.
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Caricatured as navel-gazers, Millennials are said to live for their 'likes' and status updates. But the young people I know often leverage social media in selfless ways.
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A tin roof is one of the greatest indicators of prosperity in the developing world.