"I’ve always loved math, but I don’t think it always loved me back"

"My journey is weird because I feel like I operated in the complete absence of a mathematical community."

"I was always drawn to puzzles and captivated by mathematical thinking and trying to understand how things work. When …"

"I never thought of myself as a mathematician. I went to a performing arts school from the fourth to the eighth grade.…"

"I was a creative writing major at that school. There was math happening but this was in no way an environment of STEM…"

"In high school, I got accepted into a magnet program. I switched to a different school because I had heard this progr…"

"Shatter her beauteous breast ye may; The Spirit of England none can slay! Dash the bomb on the dome of Paul's, — Deem…"

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"Success did come to me later, but that was okay, I could feel myself getting better with each story or book. Age does…"

"I’ve always been fascinated with this sense that every single person walking down the street has a whole story. It’s …"