Sheyene Gerardi

Sheyene Gerardi, is working with NASA Kennedy Space Center Swamp Works and the Florida Space Institute (FSI) to teach Planetary engineering and creating Robotics Competitions for low-income children through Sheyene School.[23][24][25]

In 2018, Sheyene was appointed as the Lead for Robotics Outreach at NASA’s Center for Lunar and Asteroid Surface Science (CLASS), The Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) and The Florida Space Institute (FSI) network.[9][26] She is working with governments introducing robotics education into low-resource communities or conflict areas, such as rural schools, refugee camps and non-formal school systems. The program is serving prison systems providing assistance with education to people who has been wrongfully convicted.[27][28][29]

Sheyene is member of the American Political Science Association (APSA),[32] member of the International Political Science Association (IPSA)[33] and to the committee on professional ethics, rights, and freedoms. Gerardi is member of L'association française de science politique (AFSP).[34] Sheyene is also member of the American Society of International Law; and member of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.[35][36]

Sheyene is both member of the Law and Ethics of Robotics committee group and strategic advisor of the Next Generation Committee of The Robotics Society of Japan, member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS).

Gerardi graduated in Art from institutions such as Charles III University of Madrid (UC3M), Sotheby's Institute of Art and Central University of Venezuela. Sheyene was accepted to a master's degree program in Space Resource Utilization (ISRU), offered by NASA Center for Lunar and Asteroid Surface Science (CLASS), she earned a master certification in Space Resource Utilization with 100% final grade, in 2018.[37] Sheyene entered the University of Naples Federico II in 2020, to study Political science and to a Monte Carlo method program at Stanford University.[38][39]

In 2006, her mother and father were killed in an automobile accident, leaving Sheyene with no living relatives. A year later, she received a diagnosis of advanced lymphoma stage IV, a very rare type of cancer with only 60 cases reported worldwide with no survivors. The cancer was spread throughout 85% of her body and doctors gave her three months to live. Sheyene was treated by Dr. Humberto Caldera, in Florida.[40] During her chemotherapy treatments, Gerardi worked in two films in Mexico, first, starred in La virgen de la caridad del cobre.[41] Six months later, in Santa Juanita de los lagos.[42] Gerardi underwent three years of chemotherapy, she suffered no hair loss.[43][44]

Sheyene`s family has owned and operated mining business in Venezuela, since 1954. Sheyene Gerardi serves as CEO of the company after her parents passed away. Sheyene grew up an avid fan of racing, her father was a racecar driver in Venezuela; he had five consecutive wins before he died. Sheyene has spoken about her passion for sailing, she is a certified yacht captain and owns a yacht, named after her in Florida.[45][46][47]

Sheyene operates two philanthropic organizations through the Sheyene Gerardi Foundation. The Sheyene School, a non-profit branch of the Sheyene Institute, to address technological literacy in robotics and STEM related fields, for low-income children in underdeveloped regions; and Sheyene E-health, which provides free medical consultations via Internet, email and via phone for people suffering from rare diseases.[11]

• Official website
• Sheyene Gerardi at IMDb
• CNN interview
• CNN interview
• La Invasora(2003)

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