Education 

Ph.D., Economics, University of Texas at Austin, May 2020

M.S., Economics, University of Texas at Austin, 2017 

M.A., Economics, Duke University, 2015 

B.A.,  Economics, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, Cum Laude, 2010.

Awards

2024 1st Place, "Citibanamex" National Award for Research Excellence. This is the highest honor in Economic Sciences in Mexico.

2024 1st Place, "Victor Urquidi" National Award for Research Excellence. This award is given to the best paper written on Mexico’s Economy by a panel of Economist from multiple Institutions.

2020 1st Place, Missouri Valley Economics Association (MVEA) Best Graduate Student Paper. 

Teaching and Research Fields

Fields: Labor Economics, Public Economics, Development Economics

Sub-Fields: Crime,  Immigration, Population Economics.

Research Experience and Other Employment

2022  Lecturer at ITAM Graduate School of Economics

2020  Research Economist at Banco de Mexico.

2017-2018   University of Texas at Austin, Research Assistant to Professor Leigh Linden.

2015             Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession, Data Management.

2011-2013   Central Bank of Mexico, General Research Division, Economist.  

2010             EGADE Business School, Research Assistant to Professor Alejandro Ibarra Yúñez.  

Languages

English, Spanish (Native)

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