About Me

I am a Doctoral Researcher at Teachers College, Columbia University, studying emancipatory STEM learning: how students expand what counts as science through non-canonical ways of thinking and making. Grounded in critical pedagogy and constructionism, I examine how learners navigate and reimagine scientific tools and technologies, from hands-on experiments to playful interactions with AI.

I’m the inventor of Lab-on-a-Book, a low-cost, paper-based chemistry kit that brings science learning to new spaces. I am also part of the Paulo Freire Initiative at Columbia. Previously, I produced guidebooks and podcasts, co-led IUPAC’s Global Conversation on Sustainability, and co-founded Brazil’s first ACS Student Chapter, becoming the first international student to receive the ACS Leadership Award.