My first learning experience took place in a one-room schoolhouse, where my mother was the preschool teacher. The value of education was constantly hammered home at home. My mom went on to earn her Doctorate in Education, reinforcing the idea that learning is a lifelong pursuit.
I’ve always dreamed of seeing our work in data visualization play a role in reaching kids.
Then along came Danish researcher Alejandra Celis Vargas, on a research mission to make Open Data more accessible and engaging in the classroom. Along with George Papageorgiou, she wanted to create a student- and teacher-friendly way to build data literacy—and she found the perfect tool in Juicebox.
