Bridging the arts/science divide with stories for kids with autism

Dr Rina Fu's cartoon series helps bring the world of science, technology and art to ALL students.

‘There needs to be a better understanding between the arts world and the science world,’ says Dr Rina Fu. ‘We need to stop siloing the arts and the sciences in schools and put the ‘A’ back in STEM and make it STEAM.’

She is also a mum of two and won’t mind being described that way because ‘scientist_mum’ is what she calls herself on Instagram and Twitter and the books she writes and illustrates are called My Mad Scientist Mummy and its upcoming sequel, My Mummy’s Pet Parasites.

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Rochelle Siemienowicz is a Melbourne writer and editor. Her first book Fallen, a memoir was published in 2014 and her second, Double Happiness, a novel, in 2024. She has a PhD in Australian cinema and was previously a journalist at ScreenHub and ArtsHub. ou can find her on Instagram: @Rochelle_Rochelle or at Substack where she writes a fortnightly newsletter, The Fool and the Queen.