Profile: Kiara Loves Numbers, Hopes To Teach

Kiara Mary Cobb is a 16-year-old African-American girl who wants to be an algebra teacher. “If you are good with math, then you are good with money,’’ Cobb said. Cobb said she has liked numbers ever since an elementary school teacher made math simple for her. She wants to students to go through Algebra I in a breeze. She lives in Hartford and is a junior at the Journalism and Media Academy.