With Roots in The Gambia, Graduate Found Opportunity and Purpose at Rutgers–Camden
May 22, 2025
Touba Marrie has always had a knack for numbers, even winning a national competition in his native country of The Gambia. The first-generation student then honed in on that talent across three continents, ultimately earning three degrees, including an MBS in Industrial & Applied Mathematics from Rutgers–Camden.
“Today, professionally, I can call myself a data scientist, a mathematician and quantitative analyst, but of all these things, the central pillar is mathematics, and I’m proud of it,” he said.