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Therese and Kurt tell how they met 34 years ago and how they both became math teachers and the importance of the Christian faith and family.

Julia Bergman, 64, talks with her research partner Will Maynez, 63, about their work and research in the Diego Rivera Mural Project.

Kalid Loul (32) talks to his colleague, Ahmed Flex Omar (38), about his childhood in New Jersey, living in Syria from the ages of 10-14, the difference in education between the US and Syria, his career interests, and starting his...

Curtis Taylor (33) asks his colleague and friend Adrienne Villareal (38) what it's like to be an educator and she shares the highlights and lessons of being a math teacher.

I interviewed my 75 year old grandmother, and asked her about what life was like when she was a little girl. What she wished for me and my children, and what she was proud of in her own life.

A conversation with Erin Moore about his childhood Christmas, life on a farm in Texas, homesteading in British Columbia, mathematical statistics, and meeting his wife.

Tahir Mansour (74) is interviewed by his granddaughter Leyla Mansour-Cole (21) about his family’s life in Palestine as a child and his journey to the US to pursue a college education.

Archana Anandakrishnan (28) interviews her grandparents Dr. Muni Anandakrishnan (93) and Jayalakshmi Anandakrishnan [no age given] about the role education played in developing Muni's career as a professor and a diplomat.

Nina Fefferman is a professor at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville in the departments of Mathematics and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, where she is also the director of the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis. In her varied...

Teaching partners, Margaret Noble (38) and David Stahnke (32), talk about what led each of them to become teachers. Margaret and David also talk about the project that they co-taught in which students at High Tech High were asked to...

Colleagues Ann Trenk (57) and Lisa Rodensky (58) reflect, as colleagues, on how the pandemic has affected their teaching.

Jessica Roberts (32) interviews her boyfriends mother Doroethy Leonard about Doroethy’s grandfather Franklin Merrell Wolff and his spirituality and philosophy.

Spouses Eliana Banuelos (29) and Mario Banuelos (30) share memories of growing up in Delano, California, talk about their mothers, who have both been field workers in California, and expand on their experiences as first-generation college students and, now, educators...

Finances and money management with math

One Small Step partners Julian Pando (22) and Adam Anthony (43) discuss their paths to their career interests, explore the similarities and differences in their personal political values, and reflect on potential solutions for issues that matter to them.

My father talks about his journey in mathematics. From how he was taught from his youth and still really applies it to his regular work practice.

Donald Davis (46) talks to Paula Murphy (72) about Paula's life and their time together as teachers in CPS.

Talking 1 on 1 with a Program Assistant at McConnell hall about family, helping others, where he grew up, and what he wants to do in the future