I received my Ph.D. in Economics from Rice University, where I specialized in labor, gender, and family economics. My research focuses on how motherhood, caregiving demands, and restrictive social norms shape women’s economic opportunities and drive the gender gap in the labor market. I am currently a Principal Quantitative Modeler at Capital One, where I develop credit default risk models using advanced econometric and machine learning techniques applied to large-scale data. In parallel, I maintain an active research agenda as a Non-Resident Research Fellow at the Center for Global Development and as a Consultant at the World Bank.