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Raven grew up in rural America, relocating to New York City in her late 20s to bear witness to an energizing art scene. Identifying as a writer and a multi-media artist herself, she feels very much at the mercy of a voracious sense of curiosity which has led her into a wide variety of educational environments, both formal and informal.
Ask Charlie Sitler for his favorite mathematician and he’ll be glad to tell you: Georg Cantor (1845-1918). “I crossed paths with his ideas at Fordham College. Cantor proved that there were actually different types of infinity—a veritable hierarchy of infinities, if you will. It was mind-blowing! Encountering Cantor’s theories made me want to teach math even more. I wanted everybody to know there was so much more to math than y = mx + b.”
When did you know you wanted to teach?
Growing up in New York City, Cavin Thuring had always been proficient at math and physics and entered college planning to major in either—or both. After arriving at college, however, he changed course, setting his sights on a degree in linguistics, though eventually came to the realization that the life of a linguistics professor was not for him. He finally decided he wanted to major in art (at the time he was two courses shy of a B.S. in Mathematics and 4 courses of a B.S. in Linguistics).
Known for her hands-on teaching, Linli Chin grew up in Malaysia. While she enjoyed all subjects, from an early age she remembers the principles of chemistry, math, and physics coming easily to her. After attending college in Malaysia and at Fresno State University in California, she earned a B.S. at Baruch College with a degree in business and industrial psychology. During college, Linli had done internships in the financial sector of the business world, but found the environment not to her liking. “Most of the people lived to work.
In love with science since childhood, Vanilla Macias-Rodriguez had plans to become a pediatrician. In college, however, she realized she was too tender-hearted to work with sick children. Instead, she decided to bring her love of science to young minds. After earning a B.A. in Biology with a double minor in Chemistry and Speech Communications at Texas A&M University, she taught in her native Texas before relocating to New York with her husband.
