My philosophy in life... is to prove myself to myself and not to others. I tried to teach my children that, that I have to respect myself, to prove to myself that I can do the best I can.

She is the wife of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. Bush's relationship with her mother was the subject of a brief profile in the book Mamá: Latina Daughters Celebrate Their Mothers by María Pérez-Brown (ISBN 0-06-008386-7). She has served as co-chair of the NIAAA initiative Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free and has served on the board of the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.

Columba Bush (born August 17 1953) is a Mexican-born American philanthropist. She is the wife of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush.