Upcoming Events at Jim Cherry Memorial Planetarium at Fernbank Science Center
Sat Jan 19, 12:00 PM - Sat Jan 19, 3:00 PM
Jim Cherry Memorial Planetarium at Fernbank Science Center
156 Heaton Park Drive, Atlanta, GA 00000
Community: Decatur
Description
"Head To The Sky" MLK Black History Month Celebration - January 19, 2019 - Fernbank Science Center As a part of the King Holiday Celebration, Fernbank Science Center and STEM Atlanta Women invite you to join us on January 19, 2019, at 12:00 noon.
Event Details
Our Keynote speaker at the celebration will be Amoy Antunet, an 8-year-old Neuroscience expert from Atlanta, Georgia and a young member of STEM Atlanta Women, Inc. Her love for science began at the age of three when she stumbled upon a microscope belonging to her father. She dissects mind-boggling topics including cell division, the heart, PH testing, the Brain, neurophysiology and a multitude of other scientific subjects.
She has been featured in several media outlets around the world, including BBC trending, Girl Talk magazine, CNN "kids that rock", The Michaela Pereira Show on HLN and several other media outlets. She was recently a featured speaker at the Roadmap Scholars Neural Conference where she spoke on Alzheimer's and was given the award for "outstanding scientist".
She is currently the youngest person ever to present at a neural convention. She is also the youngest ever to judge the Miss Black America pageant since Kim Fields. Her Facebook page "Science for Children with Amoy Antunet" has over 16,800 followers. Her hashtags are #amoyantunet #yourstemambassador #princessnerd and #yourstemgirl.
She has been featured in several media outlets around the world, including BBC trending, Girl Talk magazine, CNN "kids that rock", The Michaela Pereira Show on HLN and several other media outlets. She was recently a featured speaker at the Roadmap Scholars Neural Conference where she spoke on Alzheimer's and was given the award for "outstanding scientist".
She is currently the youngest person ever to present at a neural convention. She is also the youngest ever to judge the Miss Black America pageant since Kim Fields. Her Facebook page "Science for Children with Amoy Antunet" has over 16,800 followers. Her hashtags are #amoyantunet #yourstemambassador #princessnerd and #yourstemgirl.
