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The family's dream was to see me receive a high degree abroad and to return to become a university professor - on the door to my study room, a sign was placed reading 'Dr. Ahmed,' even though I was still far from becoming a doctor.

As a small child in England, I had this dream of going to Africa. We didn't have any money and I was a girl, so everyone except my mother laughed at it. When I left school, there was no money for me to go to university, so I went to secretarial college and got a job.

My dream had always just been to do my work well, fall in love and build a life for myself.

My family gave me the best in education.

I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.

My whole life was geared toward being a highly educated person.

I wanted to raise the voice of a lot of the people that I knew growing up, and this was, for the most part, poor people who had extraordinary dreams but also very amazing obstacles.

I lived the true American dream, because I was able to pursue what I set as my goals at a very young age.

The first dream I had was just to get a college education. I got through college in three years, taking extra classes in summer school.

I had a dream, when I was little, to become a police officer and a crime investigator.