Alumni

Angie has been involved in competition math since 5th grade, having participated in a variety of math competitions such as ARML, HMMT, CMIMC, PUMAC, and Girls in Math at Yale. She was a captain of the Minnesota All-State Math Team. She received an Honorable Mention on the USAJMO, placed 15th at Math Prize for Girls at MIT, and placed 5th in MATHCOUNTS State. She was a teacher at LIVE with Professor Po-Shen Loh and coached her local MATHCOUNTS team. Besides math, she enjoys congressional debate, piano, and tennis and considers herself to be a die-hard football fan. Sneha has participated in an immense number of competitions ranging from MATHCOUNTS to ARML. She qualified for MATHCOUNTS Nationals from Minnesota for 2 years and placed top 56 at Nationals in her 2nd year. She is also a 2025 USAMO qualifier as well as a 2x Math Prize for Girls qualifier. She taught at LIVE with Professor Po-Shen Loh. Apart from math, she enjoys various science extracurriculars and playing the cello. Sam has been involved with math competitions since 6th grade. He has taken a wide variety of competitions, including the AMC, ARML, HMMT, PUMAC, and USAMTS, also qualifying for the AIME three times and the 2026 USAMO. He also has participated in the Minnesota High School Mathematics League for 6 full years, having placed first at the 2026 state tournament, and was on the Minnesota All-State Math Team since 8th grade. Outside of math, he also does robotics and enjoys coding. Kaining has been on the Minnesota All-State Math Team since 7th grade, competing in various math competitions such as ARML, CMIMC, and HMMT, and she's qualified for AIME multiple times. Outside of math, she figure skates and plays the viola. Math has been a huge part of Kaining's life, and she hopes to encourage other young, female mathematicians to share her passion so that girls can be better represented and have more opportunities in mathematics. Alice Lee has been competing in math competitions for many years, and is a 2x AIME qualifier. Outside of math competitions, she is an International Chess Master and ranked #1 for U.S. girls under age 20. She is an avid supporter for girls in math and chess, and hopes initiatives like the MAA4G contest will provide an opportunity for girls interested in STEM. Ryan has been involved in competition math since 6th grade. He has attended a variety of different competitions like the AMC's, ARML, CMIMC, SMT, and is a 3x AIME Qualifier. Additionally in the Minnesota High School Math League season he ranked 3rd in the state, and was a member of the MN All-State Math Team since 7th grade. Outside of math, Ryan enjoys playing the violin, club swimming, volunteering, and Science Olympiad. Evan has been involved with math competitions since 8th grade. He is on the Minnesota All-State Math Team and has also competed in a variety of math competitions, including AMC, AIME, SMT, ARML, and MATHCOUNTS. Outside of math, Evan competes at science bowl, is a debater, and also plays piano and viola. Jinu (Jaden) has been involved in various math competitions such as ARML, SMT, HMMT, and MathCounts. He was a captain of the Minnesota All-State Math Team. Additionally, he competed in MathCounts Nationals with Team MN in 2021 and has qualified for the AIME several times. Outside of math, Jinu enjoys volunteering, computer science, speech, debate, and cello. Aarya has been involved with competition math since 8th grade, and he has qualified for AIME. He was a captain for the Minnesota All-State Math Team, participating in competitions like ARML and CMIMC with the team. He also taught at LIVE with Professor Po-Shen Loh and coached his local middle school's MATHCOUNTS team. When not partaking in math, Aarya can be found listening to music or playing chess (or doing both). Alex Ren participated in the AMCs, the AIME, ARML, and other competitions, as well as starting a math tutoring program and a local elementary school math club. Outside of Math, Alex Ren enjoys CORA volunteering, piano, swim, ski patrol, and religiously worshiping Rick Astley. Max was involved in his school's math club starting in 7th grade and was on the scoring team that participates in the MSHSML. He was a part of the Minnesota All-State Math team and has competed at ARML, CMIMC, and BMT. He was also an AIME qualifier. Outside of math, Max likes working out and watching sports.