“I realized I wasn’t bad at math—I just needed to learn differently.”
When I entered 9th grade, math started to feel very hard. Traditional tutoring helped me get through assignments, but it didn’t help me understand the material. My confidence plummeted, and I started to believe I just wasn’t good at math.
What I didn’t know then was that I simply needed to learn at a pace and in a way that made sense for me. Because math builds on itself, that gap in confidence and mastery made future classes even harder.
Over time, I re-discovered my love for math when it was taught to me in a way that resonated, and with the help of mentors and teachers, I rebuilt my confidence in learning. I realized that the problem wasn’t my brain, but I was being taught in a way that didn’t resonate with the unique way I think. I was fortunate enough to have mentors that identified my unique wiring and treated it as an asset to be cherished.
Now, over a decade later, we are on a mission to help high school students experience that same breakthrough—to feel competent, confident, and capable of seeing their own potential.
~ Kimia Sadeghi, Founder of Mosaic