Jacqueline Novogratz

By helping a woman, you help a family.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.

I've heard it said that the most dangerous animal on the planet is the adolescent male.

A man of letters never objects to a slum. He sharpens his pen there.

I was in Kenya when I read 'Catch-22,' and I associate this book that has nothing to do with Kenya - whenever I think of 'Catch-22,' I think of Nairobi.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.