There are three major social issues that this country is struggling with: education, poverty, and drugs. Two of them we talk about, and one of them we don't. ↗
We need women to go through apprentice programs. I've seen women who did, and who are now highly trained electricians and welders. These are jobs that women are capable of doing. ↗
It took putting one foot in front of the other every single day to get through it to the point where I made it back on the team and won a gold medal in 2008. ↗
It is true that the movie is perhaps my most politically-charged. The story is thrust into motion by the idea of what do you do when your 13 year old daughter comes home pregnant. And not only is she pregnant, but she wants to keep the baby. ↗
The academy gave me a grounding in discipline and hard work that has sustained me throughout my life, and the lessons I learned there I now try to impress on young people. ↗