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. Starting Fall 2024, I’ll be teaching faculty in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at USC. I am also a Non-Resident Fellow at the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center at the Atlantic Council. In 2020, I was a predoctoral fellow at Boston University’s Global China Initiative, at the Global Development Policy Center.

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 from working as a research manager and coordinator in the private sector and 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.