Education

Ph.D. in Economics - Vanderbilt University - Nashville, TN, USA 

M.A. in Economics - Vanderbilt University - Nashville, TN, USA

M.Sc. in Economics - Universidad EAFIT - Medellín, Colombia 

M.Sc. in Economics - Universidad EAFIT - Medellín, Colombia 

Working Papers

"Safe Drinking Water at Schools and Student Outcomes" (Job Market Paper)

"The Effects of Local Economic Conditions on High School Choice: Evidence from Mexico City"

"Gendered Beliefs among Peers"  with Andrew Dustan and Kristine Koutout

"Public-Private Partnerships in Education: Experimental Evidence from Colombia"  with Felipe Barrera-Osorio and Andrew Dustan

Publications

"Two Stories of Wage Dynamics in Latin America: Different Policies, Different Outcomes" with Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza (2020)

Presentations

2024 (incl. scheduled) : Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Conference

2023: Development Economics in the South Workshop, Samford University, Latin American and the Caribbean Association Annual Meeting, Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting

2022:  ICFES' International Research Seminar on the Quality of Education, Latin American and the Caribbean Association Annual Meeting, Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting

Research Experience

Vanderbilt University

Research Assistant for Professors Andrew Dustan and Felipe Barrera-Osorio

Universidad EAFIT

Research Assistant for Professor Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza

Teaching Experience

Vanderbilt University

Instructor 

Microeconomics (BA)

Teaching Assistant

Latin American Economic Development (BA)

Development Economics (BA)

Principles of Macroeconomics (BA)

Seminar in Research on Economic Development (MA)

Field Experience in Economic Development (MA)

Project Evaluation (MA)

Universidad EAFIT

Instructor 

General Microeconomics (BSc)

Teaching Assistant

Labor Economics

Grants and Awards

Vanderbilt University

Kirk Terry Dornbush Dissertation Fellowship

Summer Fellowship - Mathematica

Tinker Field Research Grant - Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies

Council for Economics Graduate Students Research Grant

Rendigs Feld Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

Household International Best Research Paper Award

College of Arts and Science Graduate Fellowship

Universidad EAFIT

Distinction for Outstanding Master's Thesis

Full Scholarship - Master's

Full Scholarship - Olimpiadas del Conocimiento Medellín