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My mantra is: Let there be happiness in my soul, and let me share it with the world.

I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play.

In my classroom, I would start my lessons with a quick review of an old topic. Then, I would introduce a new topic. Finally, I would give my students a problem to solve on their own, one that would reinforce what I'd just taught.

As a child, I went to peace and ERA marches on the back of my mom and grandmother. Through them I learned that I wanted to find a way to make the world a more kind, compassionate place.

I will teach people not only how to identify their goals and dreams, but subsequently give them the tools to make those dreams a reality.

The crudest thing I've done as a teacher was to require students to write a national anthem for their country and sing it themselves.

Doing what we can to repair the world was instilled in me from an early age. I will never forget my siblings and me knitting squares for blankets to be sent to the troops during World War II. This was an inspiration from my mother.

What helped me was I had people around me to remind me to help my country even when it did me wrong, have respect for my people, my family, my nation and mankind.

I told as much of my life as I could to encourage people: to encourage others to get to where they should be, where they want to be.