I Just Love Math And Most People

By The End Of An Intense Four Years At Ucla, I Had Co-authored A New Math Proof, Which The Media, In Fact, Loved. As It Turned Out, Math Itself Blazed My Entry Back Into The Spotlight And Consequently Into Wonderful Acting Jobs Like 'the West Wing' And Others. You Just Never Know, Do You?

There Are Stereotypes That Have Been Out There For A Long Time That Tell Girls That Their Main Asset, The Main Thing That They Are Valued For, Is Their Appearance And Also That It's To The Exclusion Of Anything Else.

There Seems To Be So Much Shame Wrapped Up In Speech Disabilities. It Seems Very Sad And Complicated All At The Same Time.

I Had Done Quite A Bit Of Research About Math Education When I Spoke Before Congress In 2000 About The Importance Of Women In Mathematics. The Session Of Congress Was All About Raising More Scholarships For Girls In College. I Told Them I Felt That It's Too Late By College.

At The Risk Of Being Forgotten Completely By The Media, I Went To College And Pursued A Passion That Had Nothing To Do With Acting: Mathematics.