Doing the Math

Math may sometimes seem as if it's comprised of countless
meaningless unconnected exercises, but in reality, it's much more.
It's figuring out how to do something, and, even better, why
something works the way it does. The math you're doing now can open
doors for you so that you can answer deep questions yourself about
a subject or idea that you're interested in. Give those questions a
shot and perhaps someday also help others solve their problems.
Five mathematicians (Alexander Diaz-Lopez, Trachette Jackson,
Francis Su, Erika Tatiana Camacho, and Deanna Haunsperger) talk
about what mathematics means to them.