I am a PhD candidate in Psychology and Social Intervention at New York University. My research examines how social and institutional contexts shape children’s access to educational opportunities. My work advances our understanding of how institutional and organizational practices produce unequal educational opportunities for children, and investigates how policies, programs, and emerging technologies can make educational institutions more responsive to the needs of children and families. To do so, I conduct interdisciplinary empirical research, leveraging administrative and implementation data alongside advanced analytical tools, often in partnership with education agencies.
My research interests are primarily motivated by my experiences growing up in Caracas, Venezuela, where I witnessed stark inequities in children’s access to educational opportunities. I am committed to contributing to our understanding of educational access and how it can be strengthened in ways that enable policy leaders to build systems for all.
My research has been funded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), as an IES Predoctoral Interdisciplinary Research Training (PIRT) fellow and a recipient of the American Educational Research Association (AERA)–NSF Dissertation Grant. I was also named a semifinalist for the National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship.
I hold an M.S.Ed. in Statistics, Measurement, Assessment, Research and Technology from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, and a B.A. in Economics and International Affairs, magna cum laude (minors in Mathematics, Psychology, and Business Administration), from Northeastern University.