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American academic

Nancy Blachman (born 1956 in Palo Alto, CA) is an American educator, supporter of recreational mathematics and mathematical outreach, software book author, and supporter of indiedocumentary films.^[1] In 2007, she founded the Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival (JRMF),^[2] which has grown into a successful math enrichment enterprise for teenagers in the USA and beyond.

She is a long time supporter of the educational foundation Gathering 4 Gardner.^[3] She is a former Chair and remains on the Advisory Board of Berkeley’s Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Department (IEOR).^[4]

Early life and Education

Nancy Blachman was born in 1956 in Palo Alto, California, her father Nelson being an electrical engineer.^[5][6] The family spent some time living in Spain in the 1960s, and Nancy's interest in mathematics began during high school back in Palo Alto when she took a course based