Bio and CV

I am a full-time professor at Universidad Panamericana, School of Government and Economics. My research focuses on development economics, with particular interests in health, education, and labor markets in low- and middle-income countries. I use rigorous empirical methods, including randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and large-scale studies, to answer policy-relevant questions. 

Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Development Innovation Lab (DIL) at the University of Chicago, led by Michael Kremer. At DIL, I led research across Kenya, India, Nigeria, and Uganda on clean water, public health, and reproductive health. I helped secure $189,000 from J-PAL’s Innovation in Government Initiative for a water treatment project in Kenya and contributed to the design and launch of RCT programs totaling $1.8 million across the three countries.

I have also worked as a consultant at the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, where I conducted education research. At the Inter-American Development Bank, I evaluated a large-scale government early childhood development program in Nicaragua. With the World Bank, I carried out research on urban poverty and labor market outcomes in Ethiopia. In Nepal, I led research dissemination efforts to local policymakers as a policy communication fellow at the Michigan Population Studies Center (PSC).