Welcome! I am a Ph.D. student in the Wilf Family Department of Politics at New York University (NYU).
My research interests lie on the interaction between economic and political elites, and how that shapes state capacity, institutions and development in the long-run. Also on the origins and process of state formation with a regional focus in Latin America. To explore these topics, I combine archival information and quantitative methods.
Previously, I was a Lecturer in the School of Economics at Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ). I have also worked as 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 obtained a B.A. in Economics with a minor in History from USFQ.
You can find my CV here.