About Me

I'm a Doctoral Student of Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. My research develops the concept of epistemic playgrounds: media environments that invite non-experts into scientific reasoning through play, speculation, and remix. This work is grounded in emancipatory STEM, critical pedagogy, and constructionism, with a commitment to broadening who gets to participate in scientific practices.

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.