{"id":18665,"date":"2020-03-11T13:27:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T12:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwdev.embl.org\/news\/?p=18665"},"modified":"2024-03-22T11:28:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T10:28:54","slug":"science-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/events\/science-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Science for all: the origins of Native Scientist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ocean breeze. Shining sun. Fragrant smells spilling from the family restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joana Moscoso grew up in a peaceful village in the Portuguese countryside, away from the tumult of the city. Her parents were running their own restaurant: a place where locals and visitors mingled happily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt the age of nine, I heard about bacteria for the first time at school and I became fascinated with them. I knew from that moment that I wanted to become a scientist to study the organisms that we cannot see,\u201d she explains. Her parents\u2019 first reaction was rather discouraging. They simply could not understand why a nine-year-old girl would be interested in microbes. \u201cNobody in my family had a science-related job,\u201d says Joana. \u201cThey couldn\u2019t provide me with any guidance, but they ended up supporting me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To pursue her passion, Joana had to leave. After finishing high school, she moved to Porto, where she studied biology and met scientists for the first time \u2013 a life-changing experience. Her bachelor\u2019s degree propelled her on to an international career. During her master\u2019s studies in Australia, she specialised in microbiology, later moving to London where she began her PhD research on bacterial pathogens. She had come a long way to achieve her goal, and was about to become an expert in her field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-18668 size-full\"><figure class=\"vf-figure  | vf-figure--align vf-figure--align-centered  size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"419\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwdev.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/WP_talk_WordpressNew.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/WP_talk_WordpressNew.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/WP_talk_WordpressNew-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"vf-figure__caption\"> Joana Moscoso during her talk, &#8216;The pursuit of a dream: science for me and for all&#8217;. PHOTO: Massimo del Prete\/EMBL <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet something was missing from her daily lab life. She felt the urge to share her work with the community around her. During her time in London, she came up with an idea. \u201cI didn\u2019t want other kids to feel the lack of exposure to science \u2013 this barrier that I experienced as a child,\u201d she says. \u201cI started giving workshops in schools, so that kids would get to know what I care about the most: bacteria!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The birth of Native Scientist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativescientist.com\/\">Native Scientist<\/a>\u2019s other co-founder, Tatiana Correia, then a postdoc in physics also working in London, was tutoring school children when she noticed a remarkable pattern: the children of migrant families struggled to keep up in maths and science; more so than non-migrant children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMost migrant kids face a challenge that other kids never do: dealing with two languages every day: their heritage language \u2013 the language spoken by their family \u2013 and their school language,\u201d Joana explains. Their vocabulary is split between two environments, which may affect their school performance, especially in challenging subjects like science. As a result, when the school language becomes dominant in a pupil\u2019s life, many migrant parents do not encourage their children to continue speaking their heritage language. For Joana, this is an unfortunate trend, given the professional, social, and cognitive benefits of multilingualism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Tatiana mentioned this issue to Joana, they started discussing potential solutions. Joana thought about her school workshops and the idea that would give rise to Native Scientist began to take root. They would continue organising science workshops in London schools, but specifically for migrant children, and in their heritage language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Native Scientist was born. Since then, the organisation has grown and reaches more children every year, making them proud to talk and learn about science in their heritage language. The organisation is now giving volunteer-led workshops in eight countries and ten languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Making science available<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Joana and Native Scientist volunteers all support Native Scientist\u2019s core mission: to help people reach their full scientific potential, regardless of their cultural, linguistic, or socioeconomic background. To do so, it\u2019s crucial that scientists engage in outreach activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mariana Alves, EMBL PhD student and Project Manager for Native Scientist, brought the project to Heidelberg, where <a href=\"https:\/\/news.embl.de\/lab-matters\/teaching-science-in-your-mother-tongue\/\">several <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/news.embl.de\/lab-matters\/teaching-science-in-your-mother-tongue\/\">EMBL<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/news.embl.de\/lab-matters\/teaching-science-in-your-mother-tongue\/\"> scientists have participated in school workshops<\/a>. She wants to encourage her colleagues to participate. \u201cWe\u2019re funded by public money and we should share what we do with the public, as a way of giving back,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organisations like Native Scientist target audiences that have few opportunities to come into contact with science. \u201cI\u2019d like science to be available to more people, not just privileged, English-speaking audiences,\u201d says Rafael Galupa, EMBL postdoc and Editor for Native Scientist. \u201cI wish my parents could understand DNA the way I understand DNA.\u201d After years coordinating Native Scientist workshops in Paris, Rafael continues to volunteer in Heidelberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volunteers will determine the future of Native Scientist. Joana hopes to see her project expand and reach more children in Europe and beyond. \u201cSome researchers who engage with our workshops get creative and see the organisation as an incubator for spinoff projects. We never know what the future will bring \u2013 there\u2019s so much potential!\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After ten years of academic work, Joana has steered her career towards business development and career services, although she still devotes her time and energy to Native Scientist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She is back in Portugal, exploring multiple ways to bridge the gap between science and society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ocean breeze. Shining sun. And the fragrant dream of the restaurant she wants to run, one day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We need you!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to take part in Native Scientist workshops? 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