Welcome! I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Wilf Family Department of Politics at New York University (NYU).
My research examines how economic elites shape political institutions, state capacity, and long-run development, with a particular focus on processes of state formation in Latin America. I combine original archival data with quantitative methods to study elite networks, political incorporation, and the historical foundations of state capacity.
Prior to NYU, I was a Lecturer in the School of Economics at Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) and a Senior Researcher at the Corporación de Estudios para el Desarrollo (CORDES).
I hold an M.A. in Politics from New York University (NYU) and a M.Sc. (Research) in Economic History from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). I earned a B.A. in Economics, with a minor in History, from USFQ.
I received an NSF/APSA Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (2024).
You can find my CV here.