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= Kristin Umland = Kristin Umland was an Associate professor at the University of New Mexico for the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Her background is in algebraic topology. Dr. Umland is now co-founder of IM (Illustrative Mathematics), which is an online curriculum that helps teachers teach mathematics and students learn mathematics in a more facilitated way. Her role at the IM is also to oversee the development of curriculum and professional learning.

Education and Career
Kristin Umland earned a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Illinois at Chicago. In a response given after winning the Lousie Hay Award in 2018, Kristin Umland explains how money was an obstacle in finishing Graduate School at UIC. With the help of her Mathematic Professor, Bhama Srinivasan from UIC, she was able to secure a teaching assistantship and was able to finish graduate school.

After her graduation she was part of the faculty of the Mathematics and Statistics Department at the University of New Mexico for almost 20 years. During the time as an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico, she made a lot of significant improvements in the mathematical courses throughout elementary and secondary education, like adding more important mathematical concepts as well as more material to teach and learn.

In 2016, Dr. Umland left the University of New Mexico to work full time on the Illustrative Mathematics project, a project that she had been working on along with its founder William McCallum since 2011. William McCallum realized they both had the same aspirations to spread the knowledge in mathematics in the most simplified way.

Awards
In 2017 Kristin Umland received the American Mathematical Society Award (AMS) for Impact on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics. The AMS Award is an award given to mathematicians who have made a positive impact on the mathematical education. One of the chair person who served in the selection of the award said "Kristin Umland has worked with energy, vision, and commitment on improving mathematics education at the precollege level. She brings high-level mathematical knowledge together with deep understanding of the needs of school mathematics teachers. Her work at Illustrative Mathematics makes quality materials available to millions of teachers and also serves as an elective means for professional development. We are happy to recognize her outstanding work with the AMS Impact Award."

In 2018, Kristim Umland won the Lousie Hay Award, which is an award "intended to highlight the importance of mathematics education and to evoke the memory of all that Hay exemplified as a teacher, scholar, administrator, and human being," according to the AWM description. The Lousie Hay Award was named after the head of Department of Mathematics Statistics, and Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago from 1979 to 1989, someone Dr. Umland believe to have benefited from the legacy of.