I am an Economist at the U.S. Census Bureau in the Center for Economic Studies. 

I received my PhD in Health Policy/Health Economics from the University of California at Berkeley in 2023. During my PhD program, I was a research affiliate at The People Lab, graduate fellow at the California Policy Lab, dissertation fellow at the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, and graduate student researcher at the Institute for Business and Social Impact.

My research uses applied microeconomics to study the social safety net and health services, with a focus on children and adolescents.

Prior to my graduate studies at Berkeley, I completed a master's degree at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and worked as a Health Scientist at The Palladium Group.

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