In May 2023, Virginia (Ginnie) Linqian Ma won the inaugural Department of Statistics Concurrent Masters Prize (along with Jason Zhou ’23 AB/AM).  This prize is awarded annually to the graduating master’s (AM) student who has the best overall performance in coursework, has demonstrated achievements in Statistics outside of coursework, and has contributed significantly to the department.  In following interview (excerpted and edited) from the summer (pardon the publishing delay!), Ginnie speaks with us about her journey as a master’s student through the Stats...