Fernanda Araujo Maciel shares how her YouTube channel, podcast, and social media grew into a thriving Portuguese-language statistics community and urges fellow ASA members to help close the global gap in accessible statistical education.
Brazil
Alexandra M. Schmidt
Alexandra Schmidt was born in Nova Friburgo, Brazil. Her interest in computers started at age 13, when she taught herself programming in Basic.
Proposals Wanted for Joint Bayesian Statistics Event
Organized by the Brazilian Chapter of the International Society of Bayesian Analysis, the 7th Latin American Meeting on Bayesian Statistics will be held at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, December 2–6. This is a joint event with the 17th Brazilian Meeting on Bayesian Statistics.