Kristan Hawkins doesn’t like to discuss her age, but not out of vanity. The 24-year-old wants to be sure that her right-to-life agenda is taken seriously. As the executive director at Arlington-based Students for Life of America, Hawkins and her team start and support pro-life movements on college campuses around the country. And as the mother of a young child with cystic fibrosis, she has appeared on national news and radio in opposition to current efforts to reform health care. Hawkins will speak alongside politicians and activists at the Values Voter Summit later this month in Washington, D.C. This week, she spoke with The Examiner about the source of her struggle for the sanctity of life.

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