"我在研究人权。这条路很漫长，但将来我想成为一名律师，保护非洲的弱势群体。 我母亲是非洲人，但我是在法国长大的。高中时，我参与了一项人道主义任务，去给塞内加尔的一个村庄提供医疗和教育支援。那里没有水，也没有电。 我们去慰问了一个小孤儿院，那儿的孩子们每天都得去外面要饭。他们没得选，因为如果空着手回来，他们就没得东西吃。那天晚上我是哭着睡着的。回到法国后，我为自己的一切感到愧疚：生活的地方，拥有的家庭，在一个有医疗和教育资源的富裕国家长大。我没怎么跟别人讲过自己的经历，不想让它听起来像是在显摆一样。并且我知道这很讽刺，因为法国殖民了塞内加尔。但那次旅行让我认识到了自己一直认为是理所当然的机会。它使我懂得感激生命中所有的选择。因为那些选择是一种特权，我想用它们来帮助其他人。”
(南非，约翰内斯堡)
“I’m studying human rights. It’s a long way off, but one day I’d like to be a lawyer and protect vulnerable populations in Africa. My mother is African but I grew up in France. In high school I went on a humanitarian mission to provide health and education for a village in Senegal. There was no water. There was no electricity. We visited a small orphanage where the children had to beg for their food every day. They had no choice, because if they came back with nothing, they didn’t eat. I cried myself to sleep that night. And when I returned to France, I felt guilty for everything: for living where I live, for having a family, for growing up in a rich country with education and healthcare. I didn’t tell many people about my experience. I didn’t want it to seem like a trophy. And I was aware of the irony because France colonized Senegal. But that trip opened my eyes to the opportunities I’d been taking for granted. It made me appreciate the choices that I have in life. And since those choices are a privilege, I want to use them to help other people.”
(Johannesburg, South Africa)