My extensive work trajectory in policy analysis shows three relevant features of my professional profile. Firstly, my expertise working with quantitative and qualitative tools illustrates my well-balanced profile and versatility in adapting technical knowledge to different contexts and fields. Secondly, I have significant experience with self directed research and collaborating on technical reports while working on international and multidisciplinary teams. Thirdly, my excellent writing skills in English and Spanish allow me to effectively communicate with multiple constituents.
Two of my personal strengths that would enable me to successfully complete other tasks are my ability to turn ideas into actions and my learning agility. Both strengths have guided my professional development, making me goal oriented, a problem-solver, and forward-thinking.
I have excellent communication and relationship-building skills. I am approachable, assertive, and tactful, and this allows me to effectively interact with different constituents and people on the ground, managing political and cultural differences with a highly client-oriented commitment and strong work ethic.
Recent Projects
Product and External Services Consultant ( Dec 2024 - Mar 2025)
Interamerican Development Bank (IDB), Nassau, Bahamas
• Developed a National Exposure Model for the Health Sector in The Bahamas, integrating georeferenced facility data, physical attributes, and economic valuations across all islands.
• Consolidated multisource information from public, private, and geospatial datasets to build a standardized database supporting disaster risk management and infrastructure planning.
• Designed a protocol for periodic data updates and delivered a training program to equip stakeholders with tools for maintaining and updating the exposure model.
• Produced a systematized baseline aligned with the DALA methodology to enhance damage and loss assessments, evidence-based decision-making, and sectoral resilience strategies.
Supervisor: Franklin Espiga
Consultant, Report about wages evolution in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Mexico ( Nov 2022 - May 2023)
Economic and Social Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Santiago, Chile
• Processed and organized annual household surveys to calculate real and nominal wage for the six biggest economies in the region (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, and Mexico).
• Created real wage datasets between 2000-2020 disaggregated by sex, education, area, industry, and occupation for each country.
• Applied cohort analysis to determine real wage trends for each country.
• Drafted a report with identified stylized facts for the selected countries as technical input for the Employment Unit of the Division of Development.
Supervisor: Ramón Pineda
Consultant, Baseline: Population ( Province of Buenos Aires) ( Jul - Aug 2022)
Economic and Social Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Santiago, Chile
Main Activities:
• Participated in the remote mission as co-responsible for Vulnerable Populations. Jul 2022 – Aug 2022.
• Compiled the social background of the population of the municipalities of Berisso and Ensenada and describe how social policies are delivered there.
• Established a baseline socioeconomic characterization for the municipalities' population with emphasis on vulnerable groups (such as elderly, low-income, children, etc.); using data gathered during the mission and independent research.
• Collaborated with the mission's GIS expert to put all the information collected on a map layer.
Supervisor: Omar Bello
Product and External Services Consultant ( Dec 2021 - Mar 2022)
Interamerican Development Bank (IDB), Nassau, Bahamas
Evaluation of the effects and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in The Bahamas.
Main Activities:
• Assessed the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic by reviewing and analyzing official government data on the number affected people for each of the first three waves; disaggregated data by number of positive cases, number of inpatients (regular admission vs by intensive care unit), number of deaths, number of tests done, among other indicators available.
• Compiled and classified the government response during each wave.
• Drafted the chapter "Description of the COVID-19 pandemic in The Bahamas and its response."
• Participated in the remote mission with government agencies as co-responsible for Affected Populations
Supervisor: Omar Bello
Consultant, Effects of the Eruption of La Soufriere Volcano on the national parks sector in St Vincent and The Grenadines and Impacts on the affected population in Guyana May-June 2021 floods (Aug. - Dec 2021)
Economic and Social Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Santiago, Chile
Evaluation of the effects and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the tourism and commerce sectors in Panama.
Main Activities:
• Assisted in assessing the Effects of the Eruption of La Soufriere Volcano on the national parks sector in St. Vincent and The Grenadines.
• Participated in and led some meetings with government and United Nations’ agencies during remote missions to collect information about the emergency response during floods in Guyana.
• Followed up with counterparts after meetings to ensure action items were completed and used information to prepared summary reports for the Guyana's case.
• Described and quantified the cost of the emergency response during floods in Guyana by collecting information from different agencies involved in the process.
• Drafted the chapter “Affected Population in the Assessment of the Effects and Impacts of 2021 May-June Floods in Guyana.”
• Contributed as coauthor with the chapter “Event Description” in the report “Evaluation of the Effects and Impacts of the Pandemic of COVID-19 in the Sectors Tourism and Commerce from Panama.”
• Performed as Technical Coordinator for the reports on Guyana and Panama, consolidating and editing both reports.
Supervisor: Omar Bello
2020-2021 Buffalo Commons Public Research Fellow with Prof. Ian Greer (Jul 2020 - Jul 2021)
Cornell ILR Buffalo CoLab & Partnership for the Public Good
Project “Benefits Cliffs and Minimum Wages increases: Evidence for Policymakers in New York State.” See the final report here.
Main Activities:
• Identified socioeconomic characteristics of the households with at least one low wage worker (earn less than $15 per hour) in New York state excluding the following counties: Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk, Kings, Queens, Richmond, Bronx, and New York; used the American Community Survey.
• Estimated social programs eligibility and allotment based on administrative data at county level for the following programs: Medicare, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP), Section 8 Program (Housing Assistance), Social Security Income, The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TNAF).
• Simulated the effect of increasing minimum wage to $15 for low wage workers who received the social benefits listed.
• Estimated how widespread benefits cliffs are given different levels of minimum wage increases from $12.50 to $15 per hour, identifying the percentage of workers who might lose welfare benefits due to wage increases and end up worse off than before (with less income).
• Identified categories of workers most affected by benefits cliffs.
• Co-presented the results and estimation criteria to different stakeholders and policy makers.
Supervisor: Ian Greer - Ithaca Co-Lab
Consultant, Division of Development (Apr-Jun, 2021)
Economic and Social Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Santiago, Chile
Main Activities:
• Conducted independent research about the different measures of informal employment available for 18 countries in the region.
• Collected and compared measures of annual informal employment since the early 2000s from different sources (e.g., official data, international agencies, etc.) disaggregated by number of employees, rate, sex, and area.
• Developed databases comparing measures from different sources for each country analyzed.
• Drafted a report by country describing the different concepts and methodologies for measuring informal employment used by each source available as technical input for the Employment Unit of the Division of Development.
Supervisor: Ramón Pineda
Consultant, Hurricane Eta DALA: Affected population (Dec 2020 - Mar 2021)
Economic and Social Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Santiago, Chile
Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) for the affected population in Honduras and Guatemala.
Instructor training course about DaLA methology – Bahamas. March 1-4, 2021.
Instructor training course about DaLA methology – Chile. April 13-14, 2021.
Main Activities:
• Participated in remote missions in Honduras and Guatemala, collaborating with colleagues from different government and United Nations’ agencies to collect information about the affected population and the emergency response.
• Described the socioeconomic characteristics of the affected area and population using disaggregated indicators and gender perspective when were available.
• Drafted and compiled contributions from different colleagues for the chapter of Affected Population in Honduras and Guatemala.
• Contributed to the consolidation, proofreading and editing of report on Guatemala.
Supervisor: Omar Bello
Consultant, Reduction of Poverty and Inequality (Apr 2013 - Sep 2015)
United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Santiago, Chile
Main Activities:
• Cooperated with specific technical analysis (e.g., simulations of poverty measures with and without adjusting household income to national accounts) for the Poverty Measurement Commission (2014).
• Collaborated with the text edition and proofreading of the second edition of the book “The New Politics of Social Protection in Chile” (2015).
• Performed other related duties required in the division, such as collection and analysis of data (e.g., Household Surveys of Chile, Social Protection’s Survey, and administrative data) for internal research projects and other specific queries about sociodemographic characterization in Chile.
• Assisted in organizing a panel presenting the Study of Professional Technical Education.
• Collaborated with the initial design and solicitation of bids for the Inequality Survey (2015).
Supervisor: Osvaldo Larrañaga
Consultant, Project for the Center for Global Development called "Study on emerging issues that could affect the Latin American Region and the Caribbean, during the period 2015-2020" (Jul 2012 - Jan 2013)
Corporación de Estudios para América Latina (CIEPLAN), Santiago, Chile
Main Activities:
• Conducted a literature review describing social policies and their structures at country level for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Uruguay; focused on education, labor, health, and social security sectors.
• Analyzed the effects of the educational policies, determining trends and patterns based on data analysis with Household Surveys for the selected countries and the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) dataset.
Supervisor: Osvaldo Larrañaga
Research Assistant (G-5), Division of Development (Sep 2009 - Feb 2010)
Economic and Social Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Santiago, Chile
Main Activities:
• Collected data about Public Credits for the countries in the region, created a dataset and analyzed trends as input for the Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Standardized and systematized the Household Survey of Venezuela 1975 – 2005.
Supervisor: Omar Bello