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Rin Ray (they/them) is a postdoc at Universität Münster studying the interface of arithmetic and topology. What advice would you give your younger self? Self compassion is the most important trait of being a scientist - it keeps you alive and your channel to the universe open.

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Maximilian (he/him) is a visiting assistant professor at Michigan State University, studying algebraic topology and algebraic K-theory. What advice would you give your younger self? Your authenticity is your strength: one day, others will thank you for living it.

30.06.2025 18:15 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

C/Chris/Christina Sormani (any pronouns) CS is a Mathematician of Athiest-Catholic-Jewish-Socialist heritage who grew up in 1970’s NYC with older LGBTQ relatives. CS fights for the rights of all people to study mathematics, to live the life they choose with a family of any shape or form they desire wherever they wish. What advice would you give your younger self? Be who you are when you wish and let yourself change over time. Don’t let anyone restrict who you are with labels and especially with their interpretations of those labels. Be free to show one dimension of yourself at work, another dimension to your family, and another dimension to friends. Read Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman a thousand times.

11.06.2025 17:55 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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10.06.2025 23:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Happy Pride! This June we are shining a spotlight on our community members: Over the next few weeks, we'll be sharing responses from various LGBTQ+ mathematicians to the following prompt:

'What advice would you give your former self?'

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