Welcome to my website! I am a research economist in the Human Development Team of the World Bank's Development Research Group, research affiliate at the IZA Network and HiCN and research fellow at CESifo Research Network. I hold a Ph.D. and master’s in economics from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile and a BA from ESEN in El Salvador, the country where I am proud to be born and raised.

My research agenda revolves around three main questions: (1) Do parenting programs and investments in early childhood yield positive outcomes for both parents and children? (2) What interventions are effective in addressing violent behaviors and promoting the well-being of adolescents? (3) How can educational services be enhanced in settings that are fragile and affected by conflict? Additionally, I explore other topics such as improving data collection through experiments, among other areas of interest. To investigate these questions, I conduct both experimental and non-experimental studies in various regions, including Latin America, Eastern Europe, South Asia, and South Saharan Africa. I am also a regular contributor to the Development Impact blog. 

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