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Ainissa Ramirez, PhD
@ainissaramirez.bsky.social
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Scientist. Speaker. Writer. #Kidlit #Picturebook
OUT NOW⚡SPARK: Jim West's Electrifying Adventures in Creating the Microphone via @mitpress.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/SPARKbk 🎤
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I am extra thankful this holiday season 🥰

A big THANK YOU to all who supported me on my SPARK journey. A special thanks to the subject of my new book, Jim West, who invented the microphone 🎤

Thank you @possible-futures.bsky.social for hosting my book release party. #booksky @mitpress.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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I enjoyed talking about my new book, SPARK, at the @ncte.org conference in Denver 💫

A big thank you to my fellow panelists, @moyuksel.bsky.social, @mcusolito.bsky.social, @alisongreenmyers.bsky.social, and @macappiello.bsky.social 🤓

@mitpress.bsky.social #ncte #kidsbooks #booksky #kidlit
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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I got the chance to listen to one of my heroes at the @ncte.org Denver conference this weekend: Ruth Simmons.

She’s very cleared eyed about how universities should operate in these times. Very inspiring.

#ncteconference #education #teachers #Blacksky #inspiration
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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This sweatshirt gets me 🤓 At @ncte.org conference in Denver

#ncteconference #WomeninSTEM 🧪 #science #booksky @mitpress.bsky.social #STEMforkids #STEAMforkids
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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SATURDAY AFTERNOON at the @ncte.org conference in Denver 💫

Come say Hi to me and my fellow panelists, @mcusolito.bsky.social, @mnewsome.bsky.social, and @lesliebarnardbooth.bsky.social!

#ncteconference2025 #nctedenver #science #booksky #teachers #kidsbooks #picturebooks #kidlit
November 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Getting ready for the @ncte.org conference in Denver.

SPARK. ✔️
Lab coat. ✔️
Yes, I’m bringing my lab coat.

#ncte #science #WomeninSTEM 🧪 #booksky #kidlit #picturebooks #kidsbooks #booksky #newbook #teachers @mitpress.bsky.social #sciart #STEM #STEAM
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Looking forward to this @ncte.org panel and meeting all of the panelists 💫

@macappiello.bsky.social
@moyuksel.bsky.social
@mcusolito.bsky.social
@pamismylmnop.bsky.social

#kidsbooks #picturebooks #sciencebooks #scienceforkids #WomeninSTEM 🧪 #science #booksky #ncte #STEM
November 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Heading to the @ncte.org conference!

Excited to meet other Candlewick authors 🤓

@dowphumiruk.bsky.social
@suma-subramaniam.bsky.social
@mrschureads.bsky.social
@fangmousbooks.bsky.social
@patricknessbooks.bsky.social
@allanwolf100.bsky.social

#picturebooks #kidlit #BookSky #kidbooks #ncte
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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TOMORROW at the Yale Peabody Museum.

I'll be talking about my latest book, SPARK, and doing fun science activities.

Hope to see you there!

#science #WomeninSTEM 🧪 #makesciencefun #scienceteacher #scientist #STEM #BlackinSTEM
November 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Sending SPARK to my beloved Marion Branch library in Jersey City. I spent lots of time at this storefront library after school 🥰

📗 bit.ly/SPARKbk

#science #kidsbooks #picturebooks #JerseyCIty #Blacksky #WomeninSTEM 🧪 #librarylove @mitpress.bsky.social #Booksky #SciArt #libarian #scienceteacher
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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TODAY! TUNE IN! 🎧

#BlackSky #Science #STEM #TavisSmiley #JimWest
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Happy #BookBirthday to SPARK! 🎉
Out now via @mitpress.bsky.social 🥳

📕 bit.ly/SPARKbk
Give the gift of #science 🔎

Book 1 in the Black Innovator series 🎤

#science #booksky #Blacksky #SciArt #WomeninSTEM 🧪
#sciencenews #STEM #STEMforkids #picturebooks #kidlit
October 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Just one week left till release day!! I can't wait! 🎉

I mailed Jim West a copy of SPARK in the meantime 🤓

📕 bit.ly/SPARKbk

@mitpress.bsky.social #BlackinSTEM #BlackSky #Science
#SciArt #BookSky #WomeninSTEM 🧪 #inventor #BellLabs #kidlit #picturebooks #STEMforKids #scienceforkids
October 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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SPARK sighting at @possible-futures.bsky.social!

Less than two weeks till it's available at a bookstore near you!

Share the story of Jim West and his invention of the microphone we all use today on Zoom, phones 🎤

Preorder here: bit.ly/SPARKbk

#WomeninSTEM 🧪
#SciArt
#Booksky
#Science
#Blacksky
October 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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It's October! 🎃 And it's the official kickoff of my SPARK book tour in New England!

📕 bit.ly/SPARKbk

I hope to see you at one of these events!

@possible-futures.bsky.social @norwalkctevents.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social

#Science #BookSky #WomeninSTEM #BlackSky #SciArt
October 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Thanks for the great SPARK review, @sciencebase.com!

www.sciencebase.com/science-blog...

#Science #BookSky #BlackSky #SciArt #picturebooks
September 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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#tbt 2012, giving my #TedTalk, "Save Our Science:
How to Inspire a New Generation of Scientists," where I called for a recommitment to improve #stemeducation for children in our schools and throughout our society.

#STEM #STEMforkids #BlackinSTEM #WomeninSTEM 🧪
September 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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#tbt At the White House egg roll doing a science demo 🧪

#teachscience #STEMforKids #ScienceforKids #WomeninSTEM #BlackinSTEM #sciencematters
September 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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ATTN: #WomeninSTEM, #BlackinSTEM, #BIPOCinSTEM, #PRIDEinSTEM, let me see your lab coats! 🥼

REPOST with a photo of you in the lab 🧪

#sciencematters #teachSTEM #STEMforKids #protectscience
September 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Legos never get old. #STEMforKids

#WomeninSTEM #BlackinSTEM #sciencematters
Ainissa Ramirez standing in her lab coat in a lab in front of a display of Lego figures.
September 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Look, Mom. I’m giving a talk at MIT about my book on March 11. We made it!
March 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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The automatic oil cup was a way to lubricate trains. Before it, workers had to oil parts by hand. This invention was patented by Elijah McCoy. The quality was so good that people requested “The Real MoCoy” when buying one.
February 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Frederick McKinley Jones is a STEM hero. He’s the father of refrigerated trucks. If you are eating food that came from far away, you have him to thank.
February 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Elijah McCoy—of the Real McCoy fame—invented, produced, and patented one of the cutest designs for a lawn sprinkler.
February 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Lonnie Johnson, a Black engineer, invented the Supersoaker. #blackhistorymonth
February 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM