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 currently a Postdoctoral Scholar - Teaching Fellow at 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 worked as 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, having worked as a research manager and coordinator in the private sector and at the Commercial Service of the U.S. Embassy in Peru, where I was a consultant.

Areas of expertise: economic policy-making and agency, development and growth, Chinese politics and foreign economy policy, Latin America's political economy, China-Latin America-U.S. relations.

Research skills: Social science research design, causal inference, hypothesis testing, big data analysis. Field research in China, Latin America, and the United States; design and implementation of open, semi-structured, and structured interviews.

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; corporate social responsibility (CSR), resource governance and sustainability, transparency and accountability in extractive sectors.