Student Essay Contest: 2020 Results

GRAND PRIZE:

• Grand Prize and Grades 9-12 First Place: “A Lonely Road to Loving Math”
• by Lu Paris (Head-Royce School)
• Interviewee: Marissa Kawehi Loving (Georgia Institute of Technology)

UNDERGRADUATE:

• First Place: “From Mexico to the World: Dr. Villafuerte’s Mathematical Adventure”
• by Ximena Mercado Garcia (The University of Texas at Austin)
• Interviewee: Laura Villafuerte Altuzar (The University of Texas at Austin)
• Honorable Mention: “For the Love of (Sharing) Math”
• by Mary Versa Clemens-Sewall (Dartmouth College)
• Interviewee: Nadia Lafrenière (Dartmouth College)
• Honorable Mention: “Cindy Lawrence: Leading a Math Museum & Leaving a Legacy”
• by Vanessa Sun (Hunter College, CUNY)
• Interviewee: Cindy Lawrence (National Museum of Mathematics)

GRADES 9-12:

• 1st Place: Same as Grand Prize Winner
• Honorable Mention: “Numbers and Expressions that Dance in the Sky and Kiss Your Lips”
• by Savannah Mercedes Hernandez (Marietta High School)
• Interviewee: Tynisha Robinson (Marietta City Schools)

GRADES 6-8:

• 1st Place: “Orange Crocs are the New Pocket Protector”
• by Farren Stainton (Woodstock Union High School and Middle School)
• Interviewee: Heather Vonada (Woodstock Union High School and Middle School)
• Honorable Mention: “Mapping Climate Change with Math”
• by Leigh Grace Eggleton (Frances C. Richmond Middle School)
• Interviewee: Lori Siegel (Climate Interactive)
• Honorable Mention: “Joeanna McPherson: Beyond the Walls of the Classroom”
• by Maren Irizarry (Pierce School)
• Interviewee: Joeanna McPherson (Pierce School)

AWM and MfA thank the participating schools in the 2020 contest.

Some essays have been modified for posting on the AWM website