Ima Abia graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in mathematics. She then received a Master’s degree in Mathematics from New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. Upon graduation from the University of Pennsylvania, worked as a consulting actuary for three years and successfully completed the first 2 exams administered by the Society of Actuaries. Ima then joined Goldman Sachs, where she worked as a product controller for four years.
Ima is passionate about math and finds ways to make it accessible to all learners. Ima primarily tutors high school and undergraduate students in all areas of advanced math, including algebra, calculus, geometry, probability and trigonometry. Ima also helps students prepare for standardized tests, including the ACT, SAT, Regents, and AP exams. She is also a mentor in the New York Academy of Sciences after school STEM program and spent her summer mentoring and teaching elementary and middle school students.
In her free time, Ima enjoys various types of math nerdery (gasp!), long distance running, and team sports, such as volleyball and football. In 2011, she ran the NYC Marathon.
Liora Schulman has a passion for teaching and a wealth of knowledge of accounting topics. Liora graduated from the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland with a double degree in Accounting and Information Systems. She then worked for Ernst & Young LLP in the audit department where she served clients in the Financial Services sector (Hedge Funds and Large Banks). Liora left EY to pursue her passion for accounting research and teaching and is completed her PhD in Accounting at The Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College. She is currently an Assistant Professor at Pace teaching financial accounting.
Jennifer Cody Epstein is a novelist, journalist, and educator who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Her fiction—The Madwomen of Paris (Ballantine, 2023), Wunderland (Ballantine, 2019), The Gods of Heavenly Punishment (W.W. Norton, 2012), and The Painter from Shanghai (W.W. Norton, 2007)—has been published in 21 countries to date, nominated for an Edgar award, longlisted for the Simpson/Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize, and awarded the Honor Prize for Fiction by the Asian Pacific Association of Librarians. She has also been awarded writing residencies at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Hedgebrook, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Catwalk Arts Institute.
Laura Togut graduated from Harvard University in 2008 with a degree in Economics. She currently works as a freelance food photographer and food tourism entrepreneur. Laura is also a regular contributor to the popular food blog Serious Eats.
Ally Sheedy has been working in film, television and theatre since she was 15 years old. She started off doing television commercials while in high school, and attended the University of Southern California as a student in the BFA theatre program. While pursuing her studies in theatre, Ally shot several successful films, including: War Games, directed by John Badham; The Breakfast Club, directed by John Hughes; St. Elmo’s Fire, directed by Joel Schumacher; and Twice In A Lifetime, directed by Bud Yorkin, starring Gene Hackman, Ellen Burstyn, and Ann Margret. Ally also worked one summer at The Denver Center for the Performing Arts.