Pares Ordenados
“The real satisfaction from mathematics is in learning from others and sharing with others.” –Bill Thurston
Together with Maye Montoya and Carlos Ospina, I co-organize Pares Ordenados, a free online mathematics mentorship program in Spanish. The program connects math students with graduate students or early-career mathematicians around the world, who serve as mentors for semester-long reading projects.
WHO?
Pares Ordenados especially aims to provide such mentorship to Spanish-speaking students in Latin America from underrepresented groups in mathematics, as well as to students at non-research oriented universities.
HOW?
Pares Ordenados takes place online.
- Undergraduate students apply to be mentees.
- Graduate students or early career mathematicians apply to be mentors.
- Mentees and mentors are paired based on mutual interests. Each pair decides on a topic for the semester.
- Each ordered pair
(mentor, mentee)meets online for one hour weekly. - Halfway through the semester, each pair decides on a final project and writes a project description that must be sent to the organizers.
- At the end of the semester, there is an online event where mentees give short presentations about their directed reading course, and attend the panel about Latinx/Hispanic Mathematicians Around The World.
WHAT FOR?
“What is belonging? The extent to which an individual feels accepted, valued, and legitimate within the community.” –Deanna Haunsperger
Pares Ordenados is about the community! Apart from providing students a way to learn mathematics that otherwise they would not have access to, we also aim to foster connections among the members of our Latinx/Hispanic Math Community around the world.
For more information about our program, contact us at paresordenados[@]gmail[.]com!