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Andover Stories of American Identity: Alex Wu sits down to interview his exceptional math tutor, Tao Tu, about his childhood as a math prodigy in China, immigrating to the United States, and raising his family, including his two daughters.

Maggie interviews her grandmother about how she uses math and about growing up

Ted Lane (67) tells his son David Lane (47) about taking care of his siblings when he was young and making toys from things he found in the trash. He talks about meeting his wife and lying to his parents...

How amber got the job

Odelia Krasner Friedman interviewed Kati Steiner about her bat mitzvah and growing up Jewish

Christian is a high school student who frequents the Tacony Arts Lab classes and open studios. Christian was really excited by the interview and cyanotype process, so much so he quickly downloaded the StoryCorps app. Upon encouraging Christian to start...

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...

Rebecca Durfee is a math professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. She is also a self-published author of 15 books. In this interview we discuss how she managed that and how media impacted her success.

I love my son more than anything in the world and he can certainly talk my ear off when he wants to. This StoryCorp interview definitely made him more shy and caught him off guard. I asked him a number...

We talked about many different things including aliens, movies, and different foods.

Jesse Lomelí (66) and his sister Marta Lomelí (57) talk about when their family came to the United States from Mexico, the cultural difference at home and at school.

Interview with my son Bennett Wilson on New Year’s Eve 2020, over 9 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, and 6 months after our last interview.

My mom speaks about her struggles with math and her suggestions for others in the same boat.

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: Yuliana Shneer talks about growing up in Ukraine as Jewish girl to immigrating to the United States and becoming a beloved math teacher and finding community in Andover.

Growing up in the 60’s: school, riots and the Vietnam War.

My Poppie, who grew up in the South, recalls events from his childhood, like memories of his suburban neighborhood, his grandfather’s farm, and the assassinations of Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. Later, he summarizes his college years, how he...

Math

Benbrook Middle High School, one of the newest schools in Fort Worth ISD, has been growing and changing for the last six years, gradually making an impact on the district as a whole. Here we interview Mr. Peterson, one of...

Eunice Cho (32) interviews her mentor and the president of her Alma Mater, Dr. Freeman Hrabowski (70), about his pursuit of higher education and offering his students an authentic and supportive environment.

Mrs. Rogers life as math teacher and other questions about memories and rememberance

Spouses Alden Wright [no age given] and Sally Wright (78), speak to their two sons, Eric Wright (49) and Kevin Wright (47), about their grandparents, vacationing in Montana, and a commitment to curiosity, science, and the outdoors.

In this interview my Grandmother and I talk about how she grew up in Philadelphia, memories of being a math teacher and her "favorite" students. We also talk about her favorite memories of my mother and step children in a...

We talked about my dad’s work life, and how he ended up there.

Friends Sadie Hiam (19), Lucy Corbin (18), and Habame Scholz-Karabakakis (18) talk about AWARE, their student BIPOC group; the racism and cultural appropriation they have and do face; and the importance of building strong morals.