Cassia Fernandez

Cassia is a Senior Research Associate with the TLT Lab, where she conducts research regarding science learning, curriculum design and teacher professional development in the FabLearn Program. She holds a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of São Paulo (USP) and has worked in the Interdisciplinary Center for Interactive Technologies at USP developing tools for kids to learn coding, electronics and science in meaningful and creative ways. She is also a PhD student at USP-Brazil, where her research focuses on investigating tools and approaches to connect programming and science learning in k-12 education.