2019 - present: Senior Research Associate – Education Specialist, R&E, FHI 360, Washington, D.C.

Provide rigorous research and timely data for decision-making in international education. Support the design, implementation and publication of quantitative research on key issues in education. Contribute to larger team projects as well as initiate and lead smaller-scale projects. Manage large amounts of quantitative data, using Stata programming codes; serve as a technical monitor for projects on monitoring, evaluation, and research. Contribute to the development of proposals for research contracts and grants.

2018 - present: Research Associate – Education Specialist, R&E, FHI 360, Washington, D.C.

Provide rigorous research and timely data for decision-making in international education. Support the design and implementation of quantitative research on key issues in education. Contribute to larger team projects. Manage large amounts of quantitative data, using Stata programming codes; serve as a technical monitor for projects on monitoring, evaluation, and research. Contribute to the development of country profiles, data reports, and interactive tools for education planning.

2013 - 2018: Research Assistant, Center for Education Policy Analysis, Stanford Graduate School of Education, Stanford, California

Coordinated fieldwork and designed surveys for two large randomized trials in Brazil; cleaned and organized data sets, conducted impact-evaluation and casual inference studies.

2015 - 2016: The World Bank Group, Consultant in Latin America and the Caribbean Region, Brazil

Trained enumerators in the Stallings method of classroom observation; supervised field work and ensured data quality; led a group of 60 public school teachers in conducting 3500 classroom observations in 350 public schools spread across the 26 administrative regions of the state of Ceará, Brazil; performed data analysis, impact evaluation and reports on research results.

2015 - 2016: Increasing family engagement in education through SMS text messages, Mgov (www.mgovinternational.com), Consultant EduQMais Project, Brazil

Developed research design, supervised field work, negotiated with government, elaborated surveys, assured data quality, performed impact evaluation, and prepared reports for a randomized trial study involving 400 public schools and 30.000 students in the state of São Paulo.

2010 - 2012: Research Assistant, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Collaborated with faculty and students on research projects using a rich longitudinal dataset collected by the Center for Development and Regional Planning to investigate the impact of religion on educational performance of high school youth in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Additional Experience

2017: Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Data Analysis and Interpretation, Professors Ann Porteus and Candace Thille, Stanford University, Stanford, California

Lead weekly sections, hold office hours for extra support, grade assignments, and facilitate class discussions for a class of 30 master students.

2013 - 2015: Teaching Assistant, Topics in Brazilian Education, Professors Martin Carnoy and Eric Bettinger, Stanford University, Stanford, California

Co-planned and developed course curriculum, invited guest speakers, and facilitated multiple class periods of primary instruction of a yearlong seminar with 15 to 20 graduate students.