I am a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow (Postdoc-to-Assistant Professor) in the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University, and Affiliated Faculty at the Center for Latina/os and American Politics Research (CLAPR). My research centers on democratic political representation, with an emphasis on electoral politics, elite behavior, and historically marginalized groups in Western democracies—including Latin America and the United States. I use a mixed-methods approach, combining experimental, quasi-experimental, and observational designs with causal inference, machine learning, qualitative methods, and extensive fieldwork. A key part of my work involves direct engagement with political elites and marginalized communities, along with developing novel measures and datasets to advance the study of representation.

My commitment to equality and democratic representation transcends my research. I have worked to reduce gender and racial inequality from a public policy standpoint in collaboration with researchers, social, government, and international organizations in Uruguay—and continue to promote change through publicly engaged research.

I hold a BA in Political Science and a Graduate Diploma in Economics from the Universidad de la República, and a PhD in Political Science from Rice University. In Spring 2024, I was a Visiting Ph.D. in Quantitative Political Economy at King’s College London.