The forty-sixth Virtual Encounter with Outstanding Mathematicians took place on Wednesday, October 9th, 2024 from 5 pm until 6 pm. Mariana Carnalla, Math Communicator at the Math Research Center (CIMAT) in Mexico, was our invited speaker. This virtual event was free and open to the general public.
On this forty-sixth Encounter, Mariana Carnalla shared anecdotes of her personal life and her professional journey as a female mathematician. The speaker also presented on “Between the Cognitive and the Affective.” In this virtual event, Mariana Carnalla described an implementation model designed by the Creative Math Teaching Network that seeks to promote a vision of mathematics as an activity that stimulates creative, conceptual and emotional development. The speaker highlighted that the path is more important than the result and mentioned several examples of positive and inclusive comments that can be used by activity facilitators to attract more people towards mathematics. Mariana Carnalla also invited the participants to solve a math challenge called “The Bored Jailer”.
