“I think if you are passionate about what you want to be or where you want to go and you work very hard to that goal, it will happen. And, yes, you'll be knocked down and you'll have some tough times. And it won't be easy all the time, but the rewards are pretty amazing, especially if you stay true to yourself.”

American political advisor and spokesperson

Karine Jean-Pierre is an American political advisor and spokesperson. She served as the 35th White House press secretary from 2022 to 2025 and as a senior advisor to President Joe Biden from 2024 to 2025. Before becoming press secretary, she was deputy press secretary under Jen Psaki from 2021 to 2022. During the 2020 presidential campaign, she served as chief of staff for vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris. She is the first Black person and the first openly LGBTQ person to hold the White House press secretary role.