I went to school for special education. I always assumed when I had the opportunity I would love to try and help kids with disabilities.

If my career detour from special education to singing has done one thing it has afforded me the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others.

Further Education should be about the ability to learn not the ability to pay - everyone who is able should have the opportunity regardless of their family background. I don't want to see students struggling with huge debts or frightened off even going to university in the first place.

I believe that access to a university education should be based on the ability to learn not what people can afford. I think there is no more nauseating a sight than politicians pulling up the ladder of opportunity behind them.

When women earn the money for the family everyone in the family benefits. We also know that when women have an income everyone wins because women dedicate 90% of the income to health education to food security to the children to the family or to the community so when women have an income everybody wins.

As a former recipient of these services I can honestly say that the overwhelming majority of TANF recipients are hard-working Americans who are down on their luck and just want an opportunity to better their lives and those of their family through work and access to education.

Being the lead of the show and working a lot of hours - all good stuff a tremendous education incredible opportunity it changed my life - it was a marathon and by the end of it I was pretty beat.

Education is our greatest opportunity to give an irrevocable gift to the next generation.

Education is extremely important to the Hispanic community as well as faith and certainly working hard.

No other investment yields as great a return as the investment in education. An educated workforce is the foundation of every community and the future of every economy.