For some, teaching is a profession they stumble into. It’s a job they find in time after some experience in their field of interest. For Dr. David DiMarco, however, that wasn’t the case. He knew he wanted to be a math professor back in the 9th grade.
“I never really thought of doing anything else,” he said. “I enjoyed it as a subject; math was always my favorite. It’s a mind game, like a puzzle.”
DiMarco knew he had a talent with numbers early on. He even won a prestigious school math award in 8th grade. And he enjoyed school, a trait that can be hard to find among 14-year-olds. Eventually, that love helped him get a Ph.D. from the Stevens Institute of Technology where he also earned his bachelor’s degree and one of his master’s degrees.
When he’s not crunching numbers or grading papers, Dr. DiMarco enjoys jogging and watching movies. Quick to point out the diversity of what he views, DiMarco said it’s not the genre of the movie that draws him in, but the production.
“[I like] any kind of movie. The subject doesn’t matter, it just has to be good,” he said.
DiMarco has been at Neumann since 2002 and teaches algebra, calculus and pre-calculus classes where he acts as instructor and role model. And after growing up with teachers he greatly respected, DiMarco said he strives to live up to their standards in his own career.