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Testimonios: Dr. William Yslas Vélez
Marriage and Partnership Bernice and I met when we were 18 years old. We were children, naïve. Our backgrounds were surprisingly similar. We both had families in Magdelena de Kino, Sonora, Mexico, and as children, we both spent part of the summers in that town. On our first date, we went to a wedding shower…
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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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