Teachers can reduce debilitating mathematics anxiety (MA) and encourage positive self-beliefs in young mathematics students through exposure to the “struggle stories” of relatable, culturally-relevant mathematicians. A struggle story tells how a respected role model overcame personal or intellectual obstacles, failures, or challenges in order to succeed (Lin-Siegler, Ahn, Chen, Fang, & Luna-Lucero, 2016). This study demonstrates that young students’ beliefs about their own mathematics ability may be positively impacted when they are repeatedly exposed to the principle that mathematics ability is malleable.