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Omo Moses Highlight
Your success is always tied to sacrifices that other people have made, whether you know those people or not. We always need to try to find ways to honor those sacrifices.
About Omo
- I was born in Tanzania to parents who were deeply involved in the civil rights movement—this shaped my perspective on education and equity.
- In seventh grade, I started teaching math to my peers and realized early on the power of education to uplift communities.
- After playing college basketball on a scholarship, I transitioned into teaching, joining my father’s work in Mississippi.
- Co-founding the Young People’s Project, I helped train high school and college students to teach math literacy to their peers.
- I spent 20 years building the Young People’s Project, creating a network of young educators dedicated to math empowerment.
- Inspired by my kids, I founded MathTalk to integrate math learning into everyday spaces and make it accessible and fun.
- Through MathTalk, we developed interactive tools, like the Math Everywhere app, to engage families and communities in math.
- My journey continues as I work to change the culture around math, ensuring that all kids see themselves as “math people.”
