I didn't have any fear that day. I didn't have any nerves. The whole week leading up to it, I was really, really excited. I just wanted to run.

My parents always made a point every single year to celebrate our homecoming day. That's been a really interesting way to think about home—the beginning of our adoption and celebrating us coming into this amazing family.

You don't have to do something for a million people. Instead, focus on making a huge difference to one family, or to one person.

I have a joking line when I host people, which is, "If it's edible or potable, eat and drink it," which basically means, if I'm having you over, of course I'm going to be feeding you.

We're almost privileged to say that home is a feeling. Home is where you're rooted, and there's history, there's family, there's community, there's memories, and there's meaning.

They weren't concerned about me giving up a good job for the unknown. They trusted me. That was a huge moment in my life.

I started opening my own eyes to my inner voice. Why is it this way and how can I make a difference?

I've noticed a shift in my mindset over what I would label as important. If it doesn't come down to family or friends, everything else is just extra.

We have a new set of tools to use now. It doesn't mean you can't still create, but what you used to use has shifted

For the first time in my life, I'm finding myself as an individual, making decisions, thinking for myself, and most importantly, not letting other people control me.

I spent a long time that night thinking about the real weight behind freedom of speech.

I think happiness always feels like an arrival, whereas sadness feels like the journey.

People are never bad. They behave in ways they feel like they have to, because they don't know what else to do.

As somebody with access, I think the more access you have, the less things should be about you.

Home is something that you have to make for yourself. It's a type of identity.

You can fail at the safe option. People do it all the time. Why not fail at the thing you really like, that makes you happy?

I wish I had seen a woman who looked like me in a technical job.

When people say, "That'll be my legacy," know your legacy is somebody's last thought of you. That's pretty profound, isn't it?