Education
Ph.D., Public Policy, The University of Texas at Austin, 2023
M.Sc., Economics, The University of Texas at Austin, 2019
M.A., Economy and Public Policy, ITESM, 2014
B.A., Economics, UANL, 2012
Additional Academic Training
Professional Certificate, Data Science, Harvard University, 2024
Summer School, Socioeconomic Inequality, University of Chicago / New Economic School, 2021
Selected Professional Experience
Institute of Studies on Government and Public Finance (IEGFIP)
Economist and Data Scientist (Exec. Coord. of Economic Research)
June 2016 -
Far Harbor
Social Scientist
November 2024 - March 2025
Texas Census Institute
Senior Research Associate
June 2023 - November 2024
Research Associate
June 2022 - May 2023
The University of Texas at Austin
Statistical Consultant (Population Research Center)
September 2021 - May 2023
Research Assistant (McCombs School of Business)
September 2017 - January 2023
Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM)
Projects Specialist (Institute for Regional Development (IDR-ITESM))
April 2015 - May 2016
Research Assistant (Graduate School of Government and Public Administration)
January 2013 - December 2014
Teaching Experience (USA)
Texas A&M University, Bush School of Government & Public Service
Lecturer
January 2020 - May 2023
Graduate level
Fundamentals of the Global Economy
International Trade Policy Analysis
Teaching Experience (MX)
Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM), EGADE Business School
Professor of Practice
April 2021 -
Graduate level
Statistics and Economics (for Analytical Foundations of Business)
Spatial Econometrics
Global Visiting Faculty
June 2022 - May 2023
Graduate level
Statistics and Economics (for Analytical Foundations of Business)
Universidad del Valle de México (UVM), Department of Business
Assistant Professor
March 2016 - June 2017
Graduate level
Econometric Models
Money and Capital Markets
Quantitative Methods for Business
Economics for Business
Undergraduate level
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
International Economics
Presentations and Service at Conferences
Economic Impact of the 2020 Census Undercount in Texas: Opportunities for 2030
Accepted to be presented at:
Southern Demographic Association, 2024 Annual Meeting, Savannah, Georgia, USA. October 2024
Texas Demographic Center, 2024 Texas Demographic Conference Conference, Austin, Texas, USA. May 2024
United Nations High-Level Political Forum
Member of Mexican Delegation, New York, New York, USA. July 2024
The 2020 Census Undercount of Children and Young Children in Texas Counties
Accepted to be presented at:
Southern Demographic Association, 2023 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, USA. October 2023
The 2020 Census Undercount: Engaging Texas Communities for Stronger Data
Accepted to be presented at:
Texas Demographic Center, 2023 Texas Demographic Conference Conference, Austin, Texas, USA. May 2023
Economic Impact of the 2020 Census Undercount in Texas
Accepted to be presented at:
AUBER, 2023 Fall Conference, San Antonio, Texas. October 2023
Immigration and Income Inequality in the United States
Accepted to be presented at:
The 45th Annual Meetings of the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. November 2023
The 60th Annual Meetings of the Public Choice Society, Seattle, Washington, USA. March 2023
Finalist of the 8th Annual Elinor and Vincent Ostrom Prize
Spatial Income Inequality in the United States
Accepted to be presented at:
Population Reference Bureau, ACS Data Users Conference, Online. May 2023
The 69th North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, Montreal, Canada. November 2022
The 92nd Annual Meetings of the Southern Economic Association, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. November 2022
The 61st Annual Meetings of the Southern Regional Science Association, Austin, Texas, USA. April 2022
The 59th Annual Meetings of the Public Choice Society, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. March 2022
Discrimination and Inequality in the Labor Market
Invited as Panel Discussant at:
The 43rd Annual Meetings of the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management, Austin, Texas, USA. March 2022
Policy Matters: How Policy Changes Affect Students
Invited as Panel Discussant at:
The 43rd Annual Meetings of the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management, Austin, Texas, USA. March 2022
Public Programs Designed to Increase Labor Supply of the More Vulnerable Workforce
Invited as Panel Discussant at:
The 43rd Annual Meetings of the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management, Austin, Texas, USA. March 2022
Coping with Housing Unaffordability through Individual Tradeoffs, Regulatory Protections, and Public Program
Invited as Panel Chair at:
The 43rd Annual Meetings of the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management, Austin, Texas, USA. March 2022
Europe’s income convergence and the latest global financial crisis
in collaboration with René Cabral
Accepted and presented at:
The 94th Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International, San Francisco, California, USA. June 2019
The ECB Forum on Central Banking, Sintra, Portugal. June 2019
Finalist of the Young Economists' Competition 2019
Regional specialization transitions and technological intensity in Mexico’s manufacturing industry
in collaboration with Amado Villarreal, and Miguel Flores
Accepted and presented at:
The 47th Annual Conference of the Mid-Continent Regional Science Association, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. June 2016
Democracy and economic growth: Analysis by regions, country groups and income levels
Accepted and presented at:
The 52nd Annual Meetings of the Public Choice Society, San Antonio, Texas, USA. March 2015
On the effects of policy responsiveness on economic growth: Evidence from democratic nations
in collaboration with Marco Pérez
Accepted and presented at:
The 89th Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International, Denver, Colorado, USA. June 2014
Conditional political budget cycle: Evidence from democratic nations
in collaboration with Marco Pérez
Accepted and presented at:
The 51st Annual Meetings of the Public Choice Society, Charleston, South Carolina, USA. March 2014
Evaluability of the 'Microenterprises’ Impulse' program
in collaboration with Araceli Ortega
Accepted and presented at:
The 2nd International Seminar: Analysis and Impact of Public Policies, Mexico City, D.F., Mexico. September 2013
Certified Online Courses
Statistics and R (HarvardX)
Evaluating Social Programs (MITx)
Moral Foundations of Politics (Yale)
Python for Data Science and AI (IBM)
Macroeconometric Forecasting (IMFx)
Urban Development and Housing (IDBx)
R Programming (Johns Hopkins University)
Academic and Business Writing (BerkeleyX)
Academic Research (Laureate Network Office)
Introduction to Managing for Development Results (IDBx)
Designing a Multidimensional Poverty Index (OPHI/UNDP)
Statistical Thinking for Data Science and Analytics (ColumbiaX)
Public Policy Challenges of the 21st Century (University of Virginia)
Social and Economic Networks: Models and Analysis (Stanford Online)
From Poverty to Prosperity: Understanding Economic Development (OxfordX)
Professional Affiliations
American Economic Association
Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management
National Association for Business Economics
Reviewer for
Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science
Energy Research & Social Science
Energy & Environment
Investigación Económica
Journal of Regional Research
Review of Development Economics
Social Science Research
Statistics, Politics and Policy
Structural Change and Economic Dynamics
Skills
Economic Research, Causal Inference, and Data Science
(R, Python, SQL, Stata, Matlab, ArcGIS)
Project Management
(Asana)