About Me

I am a Doctoral Researcher at Teachers College, Columbia University, focused on epistemic playgrounds for science learning: non-canonical environments where learners explore ideas, test assumptions, and build meaning through experimentation, failure, and remixing using materials, scientific tools, and AI systems. My work is grounded in emancipatory STEM learning, critical pedagogy, and constructionism.

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.