Known as the Lady Gaga of math education, Vanessa Vakharia, is the founder and director of The Math Guru, a super cool boutique math & science tutoring studio in Toronto that’s changing stereotypes about what math education looks like. She is also the host of the Math Therapy podcast, author of the Math Hacks Scholastic book series, and lead singer/keytarist for rock band Goodnight Sunrise. She failed Grade 11 math twice, which was the best thing that ever happened to her. Her newest book, Math Therapy™, published in September 2024 by Corwin.