LADY: Where did you get your caring heart?
AUDREY MICHELLE: My parents both are truly good people so it is all I've ever known.
LADY: What is your life mission?
AUDREY MICHELLE: I survive to be a good mother, a good friend, a good sister, a good daughter - and hopefully make an amazing wife one day too.
LADY: What is that thing greater than yourself that you are committed to?
AUDREY MICHELLE: My son, my passion and my faith.
LADY: What do you sense is the greatest need among people where you live and people across the Planet Earth?
AUDREY MICHELLE: Love.
LADY: If you had the power to change three things going on in the world right now, what would you change and why?
AUDREY MICHELLE: Abuse in any form - I have dealt with the effects of abuse - and still do daily. It seems to be a never ending battle. To say that leaving the situation is winning the battle, well that is just a start. However, survival is grounded within that foundation.
Racism - Has been the cause of every major war that took place. I can not imagine how anyone could consider themselves above another. Those that do are those that sit well below.
Ignorance - Both abuse and racism are examples of ignorance, however, it takes many forms. Throughout the world people are left without education and the knowledge they need to see the world and/or their destiny clearly. Therefore they may not know better then to engage in abuse/racism. They may be faulted from their birth.
How do we take on abuse, racism and ignorance? First we fight against it within our own lives - and prevail. Then, we stand strong and aid others in their pursuit of their G-D given right to happiness.
LADY: What is your sense of the why of the conflicts between adult women and men, people of different ethnic groups, people of different economic groups, or just people of different social or gender preferences?
AUDREY MICHELLE: Again I see the issue as ignorance. A lot of people just don't know better. People will label others throughout their lives. However, victims must be strong enough to continue along their path even if those they encounter are the weak enforcers of ignorance. We can not blame others, if we allow ourselves to remain victims.
LADY: Who is your current greatest living influence and why?
AUDREY MICHELLE: Angelina Jolie - Too me she defines the meaning of a woman.
She is sexy and she is beautiful.
She is brilliant and she is independent.
She takes on the problems of the world first hand.
She is an amazing mother.
Mostly though, she lets no one stand in her way. They may hate, but she will not allow herself to become their label.
LADY: What are your recommendations for families with children?
AUDREY MICHELLE: Never treat a child like a second class citizen. To do so is to demean their confidence for life. Their feelings and needs should never come second to that of the adults within their lives.
LADY: How do you process all the human violence and natural disasters taking place all over the world?
AUDREY MICHELLE: Sometimes it is hard to process it at all, seemingly too much to handle. I try not to question my faith in G-D but sometimes it is hard to understand why he/she allows so much suffering to occur within the lives of so many people.
LADY: What are you living for? What do you hope for yourself, your family, your community, and for humanity?
AUDREY MICHELLE: I live foremost for my son.
I hope for only one thing for all of humanity. Happiness, no matter what form it takes on, its truth encompasses all.
LADY: What is your sense of what the future holds?
AUDREY MICHELLE: I don't know. That is the biggest fear in my life. I hold steady to my faith, no matter how it is tested. I grip on to the goodness in my heart, no matter how many times that heart is broken.
One thing I can promise is this:
I will prevail in goodness, even if my life's journey forever remains undefined.
