About Me

I hold a Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations and an M.A. in Economics from the University of Southern California (USC). I also have an M.A. in Chinese Studies from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. I am a Non-Resident Fellow at the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center at the Atlantic Council and at the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Asia Program. From 2021 to 2025, I was a Teaching Fellow and Teaching Faculty at the University of Southern California’s Department of Political Science and International Relations.

Before pursuing a Ph.D., I was the Director’s Assistant of the Center for China and Asia-Pacific Studies (formerly Center for Peru-China Studies) at Universidad del Pacífico in Lima, Peru, where I was also a researcher at the Research Center (CIUP). I have experience in market research and investment consulting; worked as a research manager and coordinator in the private sector and as a consultant at the Commercial Service of the U.S. Embassy in Peru.

Areas of expertise: Economic policy-making and agency in developing countries, development and growth; Chinese politics and foreign economy policy, Latin America's political economy, China-Latin America-U.S. relations. Other areas also include resource governance and corporate social responsibility (CSR), with special attention to the extractive industries.

Research skills: Social science research design, causal inference, hypothesis testing, big data analysis. Fieldwork in diverse locations; design and implementation of open, semi-structured, and structured interviews in multiple languages.

Other relevant skills: Teaching large (lecture-hall format) and small (seminars) undergraduate courses in International Relations and Political Science, market research and investment consulting, economic policy analysis; transparency and accountability in extractive sectors.