Let's Face It; By And Large Math

When Girls Are Asking Themselves 'who Am I?' For The First Time And They Hear All This Bad Pr About Math, They Think, 'well, Whoever I Am, I'm Not Somebody Who Likes Math.'

When You Do A Lot Of Acting Your Entire Life, You See The Entire Set From One Point Of View. To Have A Chance To Step Back And Pull It All Together Is Really Exciting. You Want To Do It All; You Want To Have A Hand In Everything.

I Noticed There Were So Many People, Especially Women, Who Would Come Up To Me Having Recognized Me From Tv And Say, 'i Heard You Were A Math Person, Why Math? Oh My Gosh, I Could Never Do Math!' I Could Just See Their Self-esteem Crumbling; I Thought That Was Silly, So I Wanted To Make Math More Friendly And Accessible.

I Want Girls To Feel The Confidence You Get From Being Smart.

The Fun Little Proofs That You Can Do With Algebra - They Are Sort Of Like Crowd Pleasers In A Way. Like, The .9 Repeating Equaling One. It Doesn't Take A Lot Of Algebra To Prove That, And It's Really Fun. It Kind Of Wows People. It's Like They're Watching Magic Happen Right Before Their Eyes.