Meet Ms. Chang: “Mei-triarch” of the RHS Math Department 

Ms. Mei Chang is one of the best math teachers and human beings you will ever meet. She has been at Rosemead High School for 15 years now, and started her teaching career in 2009.

If one were to ask Ms. Chang her reason for working as a teacher, she simply loves working with students. Students may also think she’s a bit different from her usual joyful self when teaching, but once you get to know her, you will realize that Ms. Chang will always have a kind, approachable smile on her face.

Ask any fellow Panther on campus, and they will say she is a very good math teacher and has a lot of patience for her students and their learning; especially since math is a very difficult subject to teach and for students to understand. As previously mentioned, she has taught math here for 15 years, and has now earned the title of Head of the RHS Math Department. Before becoming a teacher, Ms. Chang attended the University of La Verne to complete her bachelor of science degree in mathematics, and following that earned her master’s degree in education. She has also earned her administrative credential, which authorizes her to become an administrator one day. The first three years of her career was spent at El Monte High School before deciding to transfer to Rosemead. Since then, she has been reaching the hearts and mathematical minds of all students who enter her classroom.. 

When Ms. Chang was asked where her love for teaching comes from, she told us that she had always wanted to work with children, initially wanting to teach elementary students; however, over the years she learned her true passion was teaching high school teens. Her inspiration? Her father. She explains that when she was young, he was and will always be her hero, and that he always set a good example for her, always looking at life with a smile. 

After all these years, Ms. Chang’s hard work has paid off. She has helped math students improve their skills year after year, by combining fun and math together, along with building a warm and welcoming environment inside her classroom. Sadly though, Ms. Chang is looking at retirement, most likely in about 6 years. As she leaves the school, she tells us she is “savoring the last years of teaching”. However, the impact she has left on the school and her math students will never be forgotten, along with an iconic belief that she has: “practice makes better, not perfect”.