“Find your self-respect now. Don't dumb yourselves down. Think of yourself as capable and worthy of finding a guy who is going to respect you, too. It's so important, I mean, and the confidence you get from feeling smart and tackling something like mathematics, which is a challenge, right? Math is hard.”

American actress, mathematics writer, and education advocate, born 1975

Danica McKellar is an American actress, mathematics writer, and education advocate, born in 1975. She is best known for playing Winnie Cooper on the television series The Wonder Years. McKellar has also appeared in numerous Hallmark Channel television films and has worked in voice acting. Her animated roles include Frieda Goren in Static Shock, Miss Martian in Young Justice, and Killer Frost in DC Super Hero Girls. In 2015, she joined the main cast of the Netflix original series Project Mc2.