Hi! I am currently a Post-doctoral Researcher at the Center for Studies and Research on International Development (CERDI). I received my PhD in Public Policy & Economics from Duke University in September 2026, where I was a member of the Development Lab at the Duke Department of Economics and Duke's Energy Access Project Team. 

I work at the intersection of development, gender, climate & energy, and behavioral economics. My dissertation research examined women's empowerment in Peru and Myanmar through the lenses of agency, aspirations, and the reduction of intimate partner violence using RCTs and lab-in-the-field experiments. 

My other ongoing work uses RCTs, quasi-experimental methods, and survey experiments to study issues such as the effects of reproductive health interventions on adolescent pregnancies in Peru; the adoption and impact of climate resilience technologies and willingness to pay for resilience in Kenya; the potential for fodder cultivation to support grassland conservation in Mongolia; and survey methods to improve truthful reporting of stigmatized outcomes.  

At Duke, I have had the opportunity to work closely with Subhrendu Pattanayak, Erica Field, and Marc Jeuland, among others.

Prior to Duke, I obtained an M.Sc. in Development Economics from the University of Oxford and a B.A in economics from University College Utrecht, and conducted fieldwork in Ghana, Tanzania, and Sierra Leone.