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I Want To Help Middle-school Girls Stay Interested In Math And Be Good At It, And See It As Friendly And Accessible And Not This Scary Thing. Everyone Else In Society Tells Them It's Not For Them. It's For Nerdy White Guys With Pocket Protectors.

There's No Reason To Stereotype Yourself. Doing Math Is Like Going To The Gym - It's A Workout For Your Brain And It Makes You Smarter.

There Is An Epidemic Right Now Of Girls Dumbing Themselves Down... In Middle School Because They Think It Makes Them Attractive.

I Wasn't In School Often Enough To Really Belong To A 'clique,' But My Friends All Studied Hard And Got Pretty Good Grades. They Were Good People With Self-respect. I Still Like To Be Friends With People I Admire Something About; I Really Believe That We Become Like The People We're Surrounded By, So I Choose My Friends Carefully!

I Just Did A Spread In 'maxim', I'm 35 Years Old. I've Had Women And Parents Email Me Asking If I Should Really Be Doing That, Since I'm Still Considered A Role Model.