She was born in Kolkata (India) and earned an M.Sc. in Mathematics in 2005 from the University of Calcutta, India. She received an MA in Mathematics Education and PhD in Mathematics from University of Georgia, Georgia. She is interested in teaching mathematics through hands-on methods and she believes a course becomes interesting when there is a purpose for learning it. She believes through cross cultural explorations, mathematics can be learned in an interesting and a purposeful way. Sayonita Ghosh Hajra, 651-523-2183, sghoshhajra01@hamline.edu