CV

PhD in Economics

M.A. in Economics

M.A. in Public Policy

B.A. in Government and Public Affairs

B.A. in Economics

Research Analyst, DEC Trade and International Integration

Led quantitative analysis for policy documents on trade, market integration, and urban economics. Designed, programmed, and simulated spatial equilibrium models in R and Matlab. Collected, cleaned, and analyzed large scale survey and administrative datasets, and supported the design and internal evaluation of capacity building initiatives.

Research Assistant, CEDE

Research on education, social capital, and segregation in labor markets. Conducted a behavioral economics experiment with more than 400 participants; results were later published as a book chapter.

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Research on teacher labor markets in the US. Cleaned large datasets on student performance, school demographics, and teacher employment records to support work on the efficient assignment of teachers to schools.

Undergraduate Research Assistant, CEDE

Research on social interactions and network formation. Measured centrality and connectivity from a large dataset of turnstile observations to examine student social interactions.

Robert S. McNamara Fellowship

Award for Best University Student, national level

Best research paper, National Student Research Competition

Quiero Estudiar Scholarship (declined)