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I am a data-driven social scientist committed to leveraging cutting-edge research and analytics to achieve impact and development. I deploy fine-grained data and rigorous methods to unpack the dynamics of democracy and development, particularly those characterized by complex governance institutions.
I hold a PhD in Political Science from the University of Chicago, where I specialized in comparative politics and quantitative methods. My dissertation considered how the political and administrative fragmentation of major Latin American cities can impede the representation and effective governance of poor communities. I have also published several articles in high-impact journals on the politics of land reform and criminal and political violence.
I was a visiting researcher at Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) in Lima, Peru in the winters of 2022 and 2023. From 2020-2021, I was an Urban Doctoral Fellow at the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation. My research has received support from the Center for International Social Science Research, the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Chicago, and the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts. I received additional training at the Summer Institute in International Survey Methods run by the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) at Vanderbilt University.
Prior to starting my PhD, I earned an MA in the Committee on International Relations at the University of Chicago, where I held a fellowship in my second year, and a BA in Economics and Peace, Conflict, and Justice Studies from the University of Toronto.
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