Welcome! I am a political economist and PhD Candidate in Political Science at UCLA. My research examines the political economy of elite power, particularly how elite networks and production structures shape political and economic development with a particular focus on the Philippines and Latin America.

I use tools from economics and political science, combining formal theory, causal inference, and network analysis to study how elites organize, compete, and adapt to political and economic institutions, and how these dynamics shape economic development. My latest publications and ongoing research projects can be found here. 

I am currently a PhD Candidate at the Department of Political Science at UCLA. I was trained in economics at the University of Toronto and the University of Queensland, and received doctoral-level training in economics at UC Santa Barbara. I have also consulted for the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank on development and data projects in the Philippines and Mexico.

Originally from Toronto, Canada, I have lived and worked across Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the United States.