Kay Toliver

[1][2] Kay Toliver was born and raised in East Harlem and the South Bronx.

A product of the New York City public school system, she graduated from Harriet Beecher Stowe Junior High, Walton High School and Hunter College (AB 1967, MA 1971) with graduate work at the City College of New York in mathematics.

These events are similar to science fairs but involve students in creating and displaying projects relating to mathematics.

Students have created mathematic games such as "Dunking for Prime Numbers," "Fishing for Palindromes," and "Black Jack Geometry."

Kay Toliver developed a lesson called the "Math Trail" to give students an appreciation for the community as well as an opportunity to see mathematics at work.