Hi there!
I am a 4th year math graduate student (PhD candidate) at University of Minnesota (UMN), advised by Vic Reiner.
Generally, I am interested in combinatorial commutative algebra and algebraic combinatorics. I enjoy working with matroids and their Chow rings, as well as dealing with questions of equivariance.
I received both BA and MA degrees from San Francisco State University. My masters thesis was advised by Dusty Ross.
October 3-5: speaking at the AMS Sectional at Tulane University
October 12-17: attending Arbeitsgemeinschaft in Combinatorial Hodge Theory at Oberwolfach
I am one of the organizers of MRWAC 2025
I am one of the organizers of the Directed Reading Program at UMN
Between Fall 2023 and Spring 2025, I was one of the organizers of the Graduate Online Combinatorics Colloquium
Between Fall 2022 and Spring 2025, I was the Director of Communications and have chaired the social committee of GeMM (chapter of AWM) at UMN
In the 2022-2023 academic year, I was one of the organizers of the Student Combinatorics & Algebra Seminar at UMN
In the 2020-2021 academic year, I was the president of Mathematistas at SFSU; I was the treasurer in the preceding year
I firmly believe in and try my best to uphold the following axioms, laid out by Federico Ardila:
Mathematical talent is distributed equally among different groups, irrespective of geographic, demographic, and economic boundaries.
Everyone can have joyful, meaningful, and empowering mathematical experiences.
Mathematics is a powerful, malleable tool that can be shaped and used differently by various communities to serve their needs.
Every student deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.
I am passionate about making mathematics a more welcoming space for students historically underrepresented in academia.
I pronounce my name as a-nuh-STAY-zhah (ænəˈsteɪʒə phonetically) although this changes if I'm not speaking English.