7-year-old Student is the New Ambassador of Science Days Brazil 2018

International correspondent in Sao Paulo, Brazil - The Planetário named after Prof. Aristotle Orsini in Ibirapuera Park hosted two important events Monday January 29th, 2018 in the area of ​​space science.
 
The first was the appointment of 7 year old João Paulo Guerra Barrera as Official Ambassador of Science Days in Brazil. Following that, three space professionals, including a keynote speaker from NASA, presented in this extraordinary event.
 
The event highlights the announcement of Science Days Brazil 2018 running from March 3 - 17th. Science Days is an annual traveling multi-day event through Brazil aimed at youth to adults to promote STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) education. The event is full of hands on activities, speakers, and contributors from across the globe.
 
Joao Paulo, who turns 8 in March, gained international recognition when he won NASA Ames Space Settlement Competition directed at teens and consequently overcame six thousand opponents from around the world. His project on space colonization became a bilingual book, "In the World of the Moon and the Planets", and game. This led the Michaelis Foundation for Global Education, the primary supporter of Science Days, to invite him to become the ambassador for the entirety of the event as it travels throughout Brazil.

 Space Educators and Speakers
 
Sponsored by the Michaelis Foundation, the speakers bring important professional views and knowledge linked to NASA. 

George Francis "Gabe" Gabrielle was a civil engineer at the Kennedy Space Center, NASA, where he had the opportunity to witness and work with the launch of over 70 space shuttle missions. 
Physicist Alex Greutman is a co-starter and lead instructor of an educational program called Space Trek at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex and is currently a member of the OR1ON Center for Space Education team in Brazil. 
Mechatronic engineer Vinicius Fantuchi has developed an educational program in collaboration with the Kennedy Space Center International Academy based on the Osiris-REX Asteroid Mission to teach about robotic programming and space to youth across South America.
 
For more information about Science Days Brazil 2018 please visit the following link: BrazilFlorida.org

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Special recognition to the following students: Alexandre Vinicius Oliveira de Jesus, Gleiciely Pessoa da Silva, Isabella Zamine Nunes Santos, Jose Alan Silva do Santo, Juliana dos Santos, Kaio Bastos de Lira, Kauan Jonatas Cordeiro Santiago, Leticia Silva de Andrade, Maria Luiza Pereira Marques, Natan Cardoso de Oliveira, Nicoly Matos Lima Veríssimo, Noemy Paiva Silva, Pedro Henrique Gadelha Duarte, Samara dos Santos and professors:
Camila Mafra Uva, Ana Luisa Pisani e Leandro Alves do Santos

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