About the Author

Matt McBurney

Matt is a teacher at West Allegheny High School in Pittsburgh, PA, who’s certified to teach math, physics, and computer science. He works alongside the Math Medic team to field community questions, create new resources, and take on any other tasks. Matt was the 2018 recipient of the Pennsylvania Council of Mathematics New Teacher Award and has two published mathematics papers. Matt loves that he gets to help students from around the nation and feels truly passionate about teaching in the EFFL style, always asking the question, “How can we make this fun?” A lifelong learner and accomplished limbo-er, Matt spends his free time having fun and learning new things – which are really the same thing to him.

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