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“Duckworth left a high-paying job at McKinsey & Company to teach seventh-grade math in public schools before pursuing her PhD in psychology.”
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Before her career in research, Angela was a McKinsey management consultant and a math teacher in the public schools of San Francisco, Philadelphia, and New York City.
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Angela Duckworth is a MacArthur Fellow and professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. She previously taught math in the public schools.
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Angela Duckworth is the founder and CEO of Character Lab. Before her career in research, she was a management consultant at McKinsey and a math teacher.
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