Elizabeth A. Cirone

Age 71, New York City

Managing Director, International American Capital

"I read something about Michelle Obama being over in China with her daughters and her mother. It's supposedly to make everyone understand the similarities between children around the world."

"I think any trip where you take young girls or young boys, even though it's under a very guarded situation, they still see what's going on around them, and I think that's very healthy and very educational for them. It's much more than reading something in a textbook. If they're able to have contact with other children their age and to see how similar and yet how different they are, I think it makes a tremendous amount of sense."

"I've been to China, but would it make me want to take my grandchildren? Absolutely."