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Nicole Michele Joseph is an American mathematician and scholar of mathematics education whose research particularly focuses on the experiences of African-American girls and women in mathematics.

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I enjoyed math because of its power to help me understand things. Not to just sit in the library and do a long problem; it wasn’t about that for me.

I’ve learned through some of my research that Black girls want to be able to have more of a family, relaxed environment — to be able to laugh and be social — while at the same time doing their math work.

It really is like, man, if you can be math literate — I don’t care if you’re an artist, if you’re a nurse, if you’re a janitor — math literacy is going to help you push forward in your life and just open up so many opportunities.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Nicole M. Joseph (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.