About Me

I am a Doctoral Researcher in Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. My work focuses on emancipatory science and technology learning <how learners reconfigure tools, spaces, and narratives to make science their own> expanding where and how science education takes place. Drawing on constructionism and critical pedagogy, I explore student-centered and non-canonical ways of learning <from hands-on experiments to playful engagements with technology>.

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.