SM: So how do you do it?
Lala: When you see that you do change someone’s life and that there is that need for knowledge, then you go, “Okay, this is why I do it!” I had one girl come up to me and say, “I just lost my sister to diabetes, and I wanted to come up to you and hug you and thank you so much for making a difference—and hopefully someone else won’t lose her sister.” How could you not drop everything in your life and make a difference?

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