All Quotes

"You know, it wasn't difficult. It seemed like my path was paved for me. It was in the Lord's hands, and he said, 'This is what's going to happen"

"You had a lot of people there – a lot of people from all different cultures – and we all worked together. And if I ever needed anything – I know that doesn't sound believable, but if I ever needed anything -- they were there to help out"

"I'm just in there working, just doing my thing, trying to do the best that I can do. And knowing that I was among the minority there that I had to do my best if I was going to stay there"

"I hope that if my students can believe it, they can achieve it,"

"If you have an idea of a problem that you want to solve, and you have the intuition that technology could make that solution scale bigger or faster or to more people, do it. Don’t wait till it’s perfect – just do it."

"“Our goal isn’t just moving goods – it’s moving possibilities.”"

"Technology specifically is a little harder in Ghana because there are so few women with engineering backgrounds or who have the capabilities to build an engineering or technology-based business. Miishe on the challenges of African women in TECH"

"My favorite thing about my career choice in tech entrepreneurship is the ability to make an impact."

"We want to help build an ecosystem for trade on the African continent. Our role in building that ecosystem is to build a platform that enables our customers to both see and control their cross-border trades."

"“It’s a very good idea to look at fundraising like a marriage, and just as you wouldn’t propose to your significant other right after having met them, you shouldn’t try to get investment from an investor you just met. The better way to do it is to start fundraising before you need the money and start to build relationships.”Miishe Addy on how founders should approach raising venture capital"

"“The first thing to start with is just getting your mind right and making sure that the way you’re presenting yourself to investors is as confident without being arrogant and as precise as it needs to be to convey your message.”Miishe Addy's advice to founders seeking venture capital investments"

"because we keep hearing about the achievement gap, often between black and white children. But for this book we focused on black children not from a deficit — not from what they don’t know — but from what they do know."

"“If you’ve been at this for a while, you’ve been a woman or an under-represented person your entire life, you probably have figured ways around it; you probably are more resilient than the average person. You probably have developed skills to navigate that bias that are sharper than the skills of someone who sort of walks in the door and gets the benefit of the doubt.” Miishe Addy on gender inequality in the TECH industry"

""It’s a good idea to look at the investment process as a marriage.” On how founders should approach raising venture capital and building relationships with investors."

""If you’ve been at this for a while, you’ve been a woman or an under‑represented person your entire life, you probably have figured ways around it; you probably are more resilient than the average person.” — On navigating bias and resilience as a founder."

"My story started in Auckland, New Zealand, where I discovered my love for dance at a studio in Takanini called Stewart Dance Studios. As a kid, I was very involved in competition dance, winning many national titles before diving into the professional dance world that Auckland City has to offer. In New Zealand, I danced as a dancer on the SkyCity Cheer Team and was on Dancing with the Stars New Zealand before making the move in 2018 to Los Angeles to attend AMDA College of the Performing Arts. After graduating AMDA in 2020 with my Associates in Dance Theatre, I made the move to Dallas, TX, where I danced for Zion Dance Project, Urban Performing company, and The RevCrew. I also started teaching and choreographing at Studio B Dallas and Frisco Dance Studio. At the end of last year, I made the move to New York City to train and audition more in the dance world; however, I now basically live between New York City and Dallas as I come back once a month to choreograph and teach for Studio B Dallas as well as to perform at events throughout the year."

"My road hasn’t been that smooth, but it also hasn’t been too difficult either. I would say my biggest struggle would be juggling my teaching/choreographing with my life as a dancer. I love to dance, and I love to teach, and although these seem to go hand in hand, there can also be many conflicts so I am constantly trying to juggle what one I want to prioritize more. At this stage in my life, I would like to first dance more than choreograph and teach as my body is not young forever. However, teaching and choreographing can tend to pay more than dance gigs, so that can be a big factor to my decisions as well."

"I am a dancer, choreographer, and teacher trained in Jazz, Contemporary, Hip Hop, and Ballet. I would say as a dancer and performer, the main styles that I specialize in would be Hip Hop and Jazz. As a teacher and choreographer, I mainly teach Jazz, Contemporary, and Hip Hop but mainly choreograph Jazz and Contemporary. As a dancer, what sets me apart is that I am very committed to any role given me, and I love to rise above challenges that may seem impossible. As a teacher, I believe that repetition is important; I will quite often give my students various exercises that we will work on each week so that they can master certain skills and really get a good foundation of each style. As a choreographer, I feel like I can cater my choreography to any level of dancer to best showcase their talents and abilities whilst also giving them a challenge to help them grow as a dancer. When I am choreographing group dances, I also love to play around with formation changes, and any of my students could tell you that they are never in one formation for too long. As a Choreographer, I am proud of all the pieces that I have choreographed for Studio B Dallas, and as a dancer, one highlight would be my recent work dancing with Metropolis Productions for the Mary Kay Seminar that was just in Dallas, celebrating 60 years."

"I’m always interested in working with new people! You can email me – [email protected], follow me on Instagram @emma.morris, and honestly, a simple like, save, or share of my profile or dance videos goes a long way!"

"To fully live as a responsible, free citizen of this, the world's greatest nation, requires dedication, participation, and full involvement in the affairs of our Republic, for the course we select will determine the future of this land. I hold that man is a child of God, not a child of the State; that man is a spiritual being who, as Christ said, cannot live by bread alone. ... If America is to regain its greatness, we must stop gagging at the word, spiritual. We must reaffirm our faith in those spiritual qualities on which American society has really rested since its beginning."

"Let’s talk about pathways rather than a single pipeline as there are multiple ways to get into engineering."

"And it’s not about being the ‘savior’ of a perceived underprivileged group, it’s about welcoming everyone and seeing them as people with great talent who can contribute to the field."

"We have to get beyond any preconceived notions of who engineers are and how they look, and support anyone who is interested."

"“Organization. There are three things necessary to any goal. First; planning. Second; developing. Third; implementing.”"

"Every workshop always sold out and was sitting room only"

"It’s because teachers want to engage students and know how much they like music."

"Part of it is respecting and learning about the contributions different cultures have made to math in addition to Pythagoras — the one name people know"

"It’s also about wanting students to develop a positive math identity and not just see it as a procedure, but to realize that a lot of what they’re doing is math."

"Wow, math is everywhere."

"What does a math task look at when it’s both culturally relevant and cognitively demanding?"

"It’s an awesome book I really enjoyed doing"

"I wanted it to be a math activity book, so I wrote bios about the women and made up activities to go with their math — fun activities that don’t need a teacher to teach it to you first. It’s a book that students can just pick up and do without a teacher, maybe while riding in the car to grandma’s house."

"“You have to be OK completely changing everything you know as long as your goal is met.”"

"“Find a pain point. Solve that pain point. Start a business.”"

"“When they don’t give you a seat at the table, you bring your own.”"

"“Today’s truant is tomorrow’s dropout.”"

"Accepting the position directing minority engineering programs, I left a regular, tenured job with academic administration Being told I was making a tragic career move solidified my need to support students who looked like me."

"I was told that I would never make full professor because I would not be doing funded research or publishing scholarly papers."

"When you have documentaries about the Trail of Tears, you don’t see these Black people carrying all the loads."

"You don’t hear about these Black people, how many of them died. How many of the Black babies that died because there wasn’t any milk for them, after their mother had nursed the other babies."

"I say that Freedmen descendants must continue to use all legal avenues to pull down the barriers of racism, apartheid and second-class tribal membership."

"When I was a young child, I loved the show “Square One”. This was shown on PBS and focused on showcasing abstract mathematical concepts. It showed different vignettes including “Mathman” which was a Pacman-type game, and Mathnet, a detective show like Dragnet."

"Another experience that stands out to me was learning how to multiply by watching School House Rock videos! “Three is a magic number” is still a favorite of mine. You could say that public television and educational videos were my thing when I was a kid."

"A year ago this answer would be different, but this past year I have been recognized nationally and locally for my teaching, research, and service as a mathematician. I am very proud of all of the things I have been able to start or participate in. I am grateful to all the great people I do impactful things with. I appreciate that I am increasing the rate of change in this field, positive second derivative."

"Externally: Last year I bought a house on my own. I never thought I would be a homeowner and I am so proud of myself for not letting my doubts keep me from realizing this dream. I also co-founded a publishing company, 619 Wreath LLC, with my friend Miloš Savić… and we wrote a book titled “Radical Grace: Essays and Conversations on Teaching”. These are things that make me feel like such a grown-up!"

"Internally: A while back I decided that I am not in competition with anyone but who I was yesterday. I try to reflect on everything in order to grow. I am very proud of where I am now and excited for the future."

"“I have read in the newspapers that I have been [blackmailed], and I am frank to say that there must be some truth in a story which is given so much in detail.”"

"“I have no fear. I have done no wrong, and every one of the poor people I have helped is praying for me in the time of my affliction.”"

"“I have all my life made white people my friends and never had much to do with my own race.”"

"First of all, do you love it? Are you sure? Because if you don’t, [it can be] hard and discouraging. [But] it’s not hard to keep doing things you love."