João Pedro Soares Fernandes is a science teacher from Portugal, who has been working on Moodle since 2004. He has been involved in several Moodle initiatives at school, university, and government levels as a teacher, trainer, course and content developer, manager, consultant, designer, and researcher.

João's main interests range from education to multimedia, the Web, participation, democracy, and human development.

In a single year, he can be seen in several corners of the earth, either working, visiting schools, hiking, or taking photos in mostly non-touristic venues. He also loves music, old cheap cars, farming, cooking, and spending his time in nature.