Our People
Directors
Directors lead the organization through: grant seeking and administration, dissemination of effort at conferences and in professional journals and societies, outreach to new communities, organizing events and recruiting facilitators, nominating and coordinating Advisory Board members and Regional Coordinators, and representing the AIMC’s work where appropriate.
Tatiana Shubin
Director
Tatiana is one of the founders of the Navajo Nation Math Circles project and brings a long history of working with math circles, including one of the original math circles in the United States. She is a Sequoyah Fellow in the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) and is an adopted member of the Navajo Tribal clan, Todích’íí’nii (Bitter Water). She resides in San Jose, California, USA.
email: tatiana.shubin@sjsu.edu
Donna Fernandez
Director
Hekathema, wi’ thn Donna Fernandez, a Elem buk. Donna Fernandez is Pomo from Elem Indian Colony from Clearlake Oaks, CA. She is a National Board Certified Teacher of Mathematics for Adolescents and Young Adults. Donna has earned a Master of Education degree in Advanced Teaching from the University of the People. She has a BA in Mathematics and a BA in Native American Studies from the University of California, Davis. She has 15 years of experience as a secondary math teacher. Donna is a Sequoiah Fellow with the American Indian Science and Engineering Society. Educating Native American youth to provide them with opportunities is her passion.
email: dfernandez@srcs.k12.ca.us
James Taylor
Director
Mr. James Taylor is the Director of the New Mexico Math Circles Collaborative and a founding member of Santa Fe’s MathAmigos project. He is a retired teacher of mathematics and computer science from the Santa Fe Preparatory School (Santa Fe, NM). James has worked with math circles and math festivals for nearly a decade. James serves the New Mexico region broadly. email: jtaylor505@gmail.com
Tatiana Shubin
Tatiana is one of the founders of the Navajo Nation Math Circles project and brings a long history of working with math circles, including one of the original math circles in the United States. She is a Sequoyah Fellow in the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) and is an adopted member of the Navajo Tribal clan, Todích’íí’nii (Bitter Water). She resides in San Jose, California, USA.
email: tatiana.shubin@sjsu.edu
Donna Fernandez
Donna Fernandez is Pomo from Elem Indian Colony from Clearlake Oaks, CA. She is a National Board Certified Teacher of Mathematics for Adolescents and Young Adults. Donna has earned a Master of Education degree in Advanced Teaching from the University of the People. She has a BA in Mathematics and a BA in Native American Studies from the University of California, Davis. She has 15 years of experience as a secondary math teacher. Donna is a Sequoiah Fellow with the American Indian Science and Engineering Society. Educating Native American youth to provide them with opportunities is her passion.