my name is silviana amethyst. I am

• a computational and visualizing mathematician
• a professor, teacher, researcher
• grossly underpaid for my skillset. i'm a phd scientist competent in 5 programming languages, in a public service job paid about $72,000/year in a 9-month salary, after tenure and promotion. my colleagues in computer science had a starting salary $40,000 higher than mine. why?
• a maker, 3d printer, modeler, and hacker. i'll take it apart, and maybe i'll put it back together
• a bicyclist, not "seriously" but for fun, health, and to replace driving
• a smeller of my food before i eat -- very slowly and almost never to full
• someone who feels anxiety at capitalization
• an atheist who demands evidence
• a great cook
• a tight hand holder
• a transgender woman
• a feminist who continues to learn what it means to be a feminist
• willing to apologize when i fuck up
• a proud slut
• not on social media
• a free thinker and questioner of everything
• a c++ programmer who loves templates and error messages from the compiler
• an Eagle scout -- trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. ok, i kinda fail at a few of those, but they're good aspirations.
• dedicated to enthusiastic affirmative consent, and not just in the bedroom or dungeon
• growing toward who i've always wanted to be