Beauty & Mathematics was inevitable.
As Ana processed difficult truths throughout her experiences, her desire to take control of her life and to create something powerful warranted an expression and a method that could transfer to other people.
Ana has always struggled to reconcile the gap between the stereotypes projected onto her and the capable person she is. She eventually learned that this gap sources from neurodiversity, and in 2022, Ana learned that she is on the autistic spectrum. As she continues to learn and understand the relationship between diversity and oppression through her own neurological characteristics, she engages in multimedia projects that create conversation around these complex parts of the human experience and that provide practical tools to approach cultural change and self-empowerment.
Though Ana was raised in a family where traumatic behavioral abuse was the norm, she refused to believe that her own potential and capacity should be limited by the adversities she faced. As Ana progressed in her young adulthood she failed to recognize the additional factors (such as misogyny, the Western church, etc.) that compounded her dysfunction. These factors, in addition to a gap between reality and her idealism about the world, developed a crescendo of mental and emotional pressure which she can now recognize as a phenomenon called “autistic burnout”. This catalyzed a need for an entire rewiring of her belief systems, the work of which is a life-long, ongoing process. After it became clear to Ana that not everyone has access to tools of self-empowerment through radical change, she set out to put everything she learns into a format that is easily accessible for the others who refuse to believe that their own potential and capacity should be limited the the adversities they face.
Ana is currently completing a B.S. in Geophysics with minors in both Mathematics and Computer Science. She believes that the merging of arts and sciences can home human enlightenment, and Ana’s enthusiasm for contributing her work toward such remains unbreakable.
Ana can be contacted at ana.z@beautyandmathematics.com.
