Natalia Pirani Ghilardi-Lopes is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of ABC (São Paulo State, Brazil). She is an advisor in the graduate programs in “Evolution and diversity” and “Teaching and history of science and mathematics”, both at UFABC, and is the supervisor of the Citizen Science Program at the National Institute of the Atlantic Forest (Espírito Santo State, Brazil). She is a biologist who studies how citizen science data contribute to the understanding of biodiversity and how participation in scientific research contributes to the learning of citizen scientists.