"I Got You": Centering Identities and Humanness in Collaborations Between Mathematics Educators and Mathematicians

Existing literature widely reports on the value of collaborations between mathe-maticians and mathematics educators, and also how complex those collaborations can be. In this paper, we report on four collaborations that sought to address what mathematics is and who gets to do it. Drawing on the literature and from the careful and intentional work of the collaborators, we offer a framework to capture the richness of those collaborations - one that acknowledges the impor-tance of acknowledging and welcoming the extensive personal and professional experience of each person involved in the collaboration - and a look at how col-laborations built with that intentionality and acknowledgment can be impactful for students and institutions and be personally and professionally rewarding for the collaborators.