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The Moth Podcast: A Story Laboratory

2024/9/13
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Aravah Chaiken, a 17-year-old from New York City, shares her experience navigating the challenges of pursuing advanced math in high school. Despite facing bureaucratic hurdles and gender bias, she persevered, achieving a top score on the BC Calculus exam and inspiring other young women to pursue STEM fields.
  • Aravah encountered resistance from the math department when she wanted to take advanced math classes.
  • She took outside classes and summer courses to prove her capabilities.
  • Aravah's persistence paid off, and she achieved a 5 on the BC Calculus AP exam.
  • Her story highlights the importance of advocating for oneself and pursuing one's passions.

Shownotes Transcript

In this episode, we're featuring two stories from young people that were developed as part of The Moth Story Lab. If you're interested in participating, or know of a young person who might be, just go to themoth.org/education for more information.

Host: Ana Stern

Storytellers: 

Aravah Chaiken learns a lesson about math and life.

Iris Hernandez takes a trip to Puerto Rico.

The Moth Story Lab is a free workshop program for high-school students grades 10-12. If you’re in NYC it’s in person, and if you’re anywhere else in the country, it’s a virtual workshop.  For 8 weeks, participants develop, practice, and share their personal narratives, with coaching, games, and a final telling that can be open to friends and family.

Go to themoth.org/education for more information.. The deadline to signup is September 22nd.