Positions
Research Assistant, World Bank · Jan 2025 – present
Firm-level financial datasets and econometric work on business dynamism and productivity in Colombia.
Research Intern, Banco de la República, Center for Regional Economic Studies (CEER), Cartagena · Jan – Dec 2024
Contemporary and historical demographic and economic datasets for research on subnational informality and demographic change.
Research Assistant, ECSIM, Medellín · Jul 2021 – Oct 2022
System-dynamics economic models in Matlab (Simulink).
Education
M.A. in Economics (PEG), Universidad de los Andes · expected Dec 2026
B.Sc. in Economics, Universidad EIA · 2024
Thesis: Valuing Data as an Intangible Asset
B.Eng. in Systems Engineering, Universidad de Antioquia · in progress
Coursework completed; undergraduate thesis in progress: Interpretability of Language Models: Identifying a Misalignment Direction in Internal Representations.
Talks
Demographic Change in Colombia’s Regions, with J. Jaramillo-Echeverri
Cambio demográfico en las regiones de Colombia
Authors’ workshop, volume on 30 years of the CEER, Banco de la República, Bogotá · Nov 2026
Gender Inequality and Demographic Change: Implications for Long-Run Growth, with J. Jaramillo-Echeverri and L. A. Flórez
Desigualdad de género y cambio demográfico: implicaciones para el crecimiento de largo plazo
IX Congreso de Economía Colombiana, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá · Oct 2026
POPULORUM 2026, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá · Apr 2026 · earlier version: Gender Gaps in Demographic Dynamics (Brechas de género en las dinámicas demográficas)
Awards
Dean’s List, Universidad EIA · 2022-2, 2023-1, 2023-2
Second place, National Academic Economics Competition (CANE), Universidad del Rosario · Oct 2023
Skills
Programming: Python, Stata, R (advanced); Matlab, Java, C++, Power BI, ArcGIS, Docker (intermediate).
Languages: Spanish (native), English (C1), Portuguese (A2).