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Testimonios: Dr. Mariel Vázquez Melken
Mexico City and the Early Years I was born in the great Mexico City. Here the adjective great applies to many different things. First, the Mexico City Metropolitan Area is large and densely populated. People of all colors and creeds coexist within its boundaries. At the time of this writing its population is estimated at…
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Testimonios: Dr. Anthony Várilly-Alvarado
Family History Brazil has a special place in my heart: I owe my existence to a chance encounter in 1976 between a Costa Rican woman in her late twenties pursuing a master’s degree in education, determined to make a better future for herself, and an Irish math PhD student who was following his advisor on…
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Testimonios: Dr. Richard A. Tapia
My Story—Made in America [1] Frankly, if you don’t know me, you may be wondering why you should care about my life or my work. In a nutshell, I have succeeded—against all odds—well beyond what anyone, including me, but excluding my wife and mother, ever would have dreamed. In 2017, the Houston Chronicle featured what…
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Testimonios: Dr. Angel Ramón Pineda Fortín
The Grandmothers (Abuelitas) My personal mathematical story begins with two women who changed our family history. They supported their children to be educated in ways that no one in their family had been before. My maternal grandmother (abuelita Amada) was a single mom who raised two daughters (my aunt Gloria and my mother, Guadalupe). Abuelita…
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Testimonios: Dr. José A. Perea
My Life through Mathematics The opportunity to write this chapter has been a breath of fresh air amid very tumultuous times. It is my sincere hope that when we look back to the year 2020, it will be as a watershed moment where a large majority agreed that racial injustice, xenophobic sentiments and less than…
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