ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Rebecca Rapoport is the author of Math Games Lab for Kids, a book of fun and engaging, hands-on math activities for elementary school students to enjoy with an adult helper or for middle school students to savor on their own.

Rapoport has also been writing Your Daily Epsilon of Math, a math snack per day wall calendar for adults, for the past several years. Each month features a stunning math image and an intellectual challenge for every day of the month.

Rapoport holds degrees in mathematics from Harvard and Michigan State. From her first job out of college, as one of the pioneers of Harvard’s Internet education offerings, she has been passionate about encouraging her love of math in others. As an early contributor to both retail giant Amazon.com and Akamai Technologies, the number one firm in cloud computing, Rapoport played a key role in several elements of the Internet revolution.

Rapoport returned to her first love, education, as an innovator of new methods to introduce children and adults to the critically important world of STEM as COO of an enrichment center dedicated to helping kids explore the creative side of science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Currently, Rapoport is a full-time math evangelist.

Allanna Chung is an aspiring screenwriter with a deep passion for math. One of her favorite pastimes is showing just how fun and beautiful math can be to those who have learned to dislike it. She works as a teacher of STEM and as a personal tutor to help students learn math in ways that work for them.