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Author Archives: Allison Henrich
To All the Minhyes out There: Walking Through an Unconventional Journey, by Minhye Lee
Like any ordinary immigrants would do, my parents and I followed my new school counselor’s advice: begin school as a freshman instead of a sophomore so that I could have enough time to improve my English. I was 16 but … Continue reading
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Persevere and succeed, by Jeanette Shakalli
I had always been a straight A student. Everybody at the Episcopal School of Panama knew that I had the highest GPA in my class. In particular, I was really good at math since I inherited a passion for mathematics … Continue reading
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Finding my niche, by Allison Henrich
When I interviewed for my tenure-track job at Seattle University, I admitted to the chair of the department during my on-campus interview that I was really much more interested in teaching than in research—I would do what research was required … Continue reading
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Helping other women, helping myself, by Amy Prager
One of the most important topics to me in academia and industry is that of gender discrimination. To discuss this problem in the abstract is one thing, however, to actually live through it and have personal experience is quite another. … Continue reading
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Follow Your Heart, by Jeff Weeks
Throughout my seven years as a math grad student, there was a constant struggle for attention between “what I was supposed to be working on” and “what my heart was into.” This theme played out in different ways over those seven … Continue reading
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Invisible struggles – when the mask stays on at work, by Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson
It has taken me a long, long time to recognize my own story as one of resilience and to recognize my own experiences as a struggle. It is still at times difficult for me to fully embrace it. One core … Continue reading
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Recovery, Like Mathematics, Turns Out to Be Fun! by Anonymous
Thirty years ago, I expected to die from alcoholism. Suicidal ideation gave way to a complacency that I would just drink myself to death. Mired in hopelessness, I went through the motions of life, pretending to teach, pretending to do … Continue reading
I’m Living Proof, by Danielle Amethyst
In one way or another, mathematics has been a partner in my life for as long as I can remember. Sometimes as a progenitor of crisis. At others, as a savior. And even as a fixed point when all else … Continue reading
Welcome to the Living Proof blog!
Welcome to the Living Proof: Stories of Resilience Along the Mathematical Journey blog! We are so happy you’re here. Living Proof is a project that was borne out of interactions Matthew Pons had with a number of his students. One … Continue reading
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