I am a Bolivian researcher and Fulbright alum pursuing a PhD in Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan's School for Environment and Sustainability. My research examines the political economy of natural resource governance, with a focus on the critical minerals sector. I study how voters and firms form preferences over foreign direct investment in extractive sectors, and how resource nationalist policies adopted by states affect economic outcomes in those sectors. I am broadly interested in the energy transition and extractive governance in developing countries.

I hold a Master of Public Policy from Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy, where I studied the comparative political economy of lithium extraction in Bolivia and Chile. I have collaborated with organizations such as Earthjustice, Mariaca Internacional, and CEERI, and my work seeks to inform more transparent, effective, and development-oriented approaches to resource governance.