The forty-third Virtual Encounter with Outstanding Mathematicians took place on Sunday, December 3rd, 2023 from 11 am until 12:30 pm. Gisela Diaz, educator at the National School of Technical Education (ENET) No. 1 Professor Vicente Garcia Aguilera and Regional Secretary of the Argentinian Math Olympiad (OMA), was our invited speaker. This virtual event was free and open to the general public.
On this forty-third Encounter, Gisela Diaz shared anecdotes of her personal life and her professional journey as a female mathematician. The speaker also presented on “Olympic Classes.” In this virtual event, Gisela Diaz shared her experience as Regional Secretary of the Argentinian Math Olympiad (OMA). The speaker then showed several examples of olympic problems that she uses in her classroom to promote the development of critical thinking among her students. Gisela Diaz also recommended participants visit the website https://www.oma.org.ar.