Each semester, we have eager, young, bright undergraduate students sitting in our classrooms and have their ears for 150 minutes each week. How do we want to shape their experience? What do we want them to take away from our courses? Is there anything that they will remember 10 years from now, or will have an impact on their 10-year-from-now self? How can we make our courses a meaningful positive experience for them? In this talk, I will share how these questions have shaped my teaching, outlining classroom activities, assessments, and initiatives I’ve designed to curate experiences, cultivate skills, and instill habits of mind. I will also share how these questions have inspired the K-12 outreach work I do, providing an overview of the programs I run for grades 6 -10 girls. Bio: Originally from the east coast, Dr. DeDieu completed her PhD studies at McMaster University, where she enjoyed her research in algebraic geometry; but she really came to life when it was time to teach. During a postdoc at the University of Minnesota, she got involved with the University of Minnesota Talented Youth Mathematics Program (UMTYMP), which opens the doors of academia to students in elementary, middle and high school who want to accelerate their mathematics learning. The experience was directional for her, and inspired DeDieu to get heavily involved in outreach. So much so that when she moved on to her full-time faculty position at the University of Calgary, she recreated some of the ideas behind the program at her new post. In the Spring of 2019, DeDieu launched Girls Excel in Math, a Saturday morning program that recruits girls in Grades 6-8 who show interest in mathematics and want to explore the subject at a higher level. In addition to her teaching – where she coordinates the seminal first-year calculus class for 1,300 students – and running GEM, DeDieu has also created an overnight camp for math students across Alberta.