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Zafra Lerner

Aug 10, 2026

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Give us a little bit of, uh, your background, Zafra.
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My background is that I grew up in a developing country.
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I have a bachelor, master, and PhD in chemistry.
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I did research for many years till I decided to change direction because I believe strongly that science education is a human right and belongs to all, and everybody should be able to learn and understand science in order to survive in our society.
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So I was the head of the Science Institute at Columbia College Chicago, and I developed a way to teach science through art, music, dance, drama, rap, poetry, animation, everything you want.
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It became very famous and very successful around the world with underprivileged students especially.
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I am a human rights activist.

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8:51
The application is not, but the basis of it is.

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