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President Obama is highly concerned with education. He’s a champion on early-childhood development strategies.

Shakira

I was five years old; I got addicted to being on stage. I felt like it was the most wonderful place on Earth, performing in front of an audience, who in this case were a bunch of classmates, kids my age.
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The ALAS Foundation was born as a consequence and a continuation of what we are doing with Pies Descalzos.
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Both the IDB and Fundacion ALAS believe that the future of prosperity and equality that we hope for has to start today with higher investment and higher quality in Early Childhood Development programs throughout the region.
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I always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project.
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I’m lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I’ll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.
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I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
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It’s incredibly liberating to spend an hour talking to someone and not caring about what you sound like. It’s about understanding myself. Sometimes I’ll speak to my therapist for an hour a day. It’s become part of my routine.
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I tried to give my career a shot from Barranquilla, but the musicians would never show up. It was just not taken seriously.
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I like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
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I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
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Success happened little by little for me. I tasted the flavor of fame in small doses: I started at 10 years old when I won a music contest; I was performing at birthday parties, company meetings.
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I am an avid believer that education – and especially early childhood development – is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty.
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I feel a real sense of duty to use the voice and the platform I’ve been afforded by my fame to speak out for those whose voices don’t get a chance to be heard.
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I was pretty sad. But he was probably right; I did have a voice a bit like a goat, but my dad told me to never give up and to keep going, and it’s paid off.
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I think, if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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Being raised in a developing country opened my eyes to so much I cannot tolerate. In Colombia, education is sometimes considered a luxury, not a human right. And it’s not a priority in the agendas of many leaders.
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