I am a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of Arizona. I am on the 2026–27 economics job market. 

I am an applied microeconomist studying how environmental shocks and public programs shape economic opportunity and family well-being. My research uses historical and contemporary settings to examine how shocks and policies affect individuals, families, and communities over time.

My job market paper, High Waters, Unequal Ground: The 1937 Ohio River Flood and Economic Inequality, studies how exposure to a major natural disaster affected economic mobility and subsequent labor-market outcomes. Using linked Census records and a newly constructed granular measure of flood damage, I find that flood exposure reduced upward mobility and shifted exposed individuals downward in the economic distribution. 

Before starting my Ph.D., I completed an M.A. in Economics through the Georgetown University–Universidad Alberto Hurtado (ILADES) program, after earning a bachelor’s degree from the Bolivian Catholic University.