Vera Shembel has always enjoyed math and solving puzzles. She received her BA
degree in Math from the University of Pennsylvania, and her MA in Education
from Arcadia Universit...view moreVera Shembel has always enjoyed math and solving puzzles. She received her BA
degree in Math from the University of Pennsylvania, and her MA in Education
from Arcadia University. She has been teaching for over 20 years, and looks forward
to sharing her enthusiasm about math with others. In her spare time, she creates
costumes for theatrical productions, and enjoys puppetry, gardening, and travel.
Since math and the arts have been interests of hers all her life, Vera Shembel combined
these two passions in creating this collection of math poems and activities to present
math concepts in an entertaining way.
She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, and has two children and many pets. Th ese
pets include her dogs Zorro and Raven, and several lizards, turtles, rabbits, and cockatiels.view less