Boston Arts Academy - Vera Weiss

Vera Weiss was born and raised in New York City on the upper west side of Manhattan. She is a graduate of LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts where she studied dance with an emphasis on Classical Ballet and The Martha Graham Technique of Modern Dance. During high school she was also a competitive level ten gymnast and trained at The Chelsea Piers Field House. In her senior year of high school she was recruited by Penn State University and became a Nittany Lion. In her freshman year she became intrigued by Mathematics. After attending a number theory course taught by a very inspirational professor, she decided to make mathematics her major and earned her Bachelors of Science in Mathematics. Weiss then moved to Boston to omplete her Masters in Math Education from Boston University. Vera is a new teacher at Boston Arts Academy and is working on incorporating her love for dance and athletics into her math classroom. She is currently dancing with a company in Boston called Jam'nastics and is working on a curriculum for a program which teaches students mathematics through dance.