Malala Yousafzai in town to talk education; her candid advice for President Obama

In 2012, Malala Yousafzai was shot. The bullet went through her head, neck and shoulder. She was 15.

She woke up about a week later in a U.K. hospital, far from her home in Pakistan. It was a miracle she survived.

Today, Yousafzai is able to talk proudly about her dream — the very same dream that she almost died for; the dream of seeing every child have the right to an education.

Yousafzai, 17, who recently was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, talked candidly to a packed room of about 1,500 at Forbes magazine's Under 30 Summit Tuesday. (It was a busy day for her in Philadelphia — she also received the Liberty Medal at the National Constitution Center later that night.)

"When you ask a parent 'why is your daughter not going to school?' the answer you receive is that 'we are a poor family,' 'we cannot afford,' or 'the schools we have from the government do not have enough facilities,' " Yousafzai said. "They think that girls' education is not important at all, because girls are supposed to get married."

Yousafzai, interviewed by MSNBC's Ronan Farrow on stage in a Pennsylvania Convention Center banquet room, explained her mission, through the Malala Fund, to bring awareness to girls' education. Yousafzai is the young woman who, in 2009, began writing a then-anonymous blog for the BBC. She detailed her strong views on education, while living under the threat of the Pakistani Taliban. (It's believed that someone from the Taliban is responsible for shooting Yousafzai after she spoke out on her views.)

Yousafzai, upon meeting with President Barack Obama one time, said she shared two things with him:

Lauren Hertzler covers technology, education and venture capital.