But for me, it is when a student has died. I find the death of a young person the most difficult and painful of times. To explain it to other young people, to see a bright future snuffed out, is just awful. I am haunted by those deaths.

She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom the nation's highest civilian honor by President George W. : /ʃəˈleɪlə/ shə-LAY-lə; born February 14 1941) served for eight years as Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Bill Clinton and has been president of the University of Miami a private university in Coral Gables Florida since 2001. Donna Edna Shalala (pron.