Research Interests
Development Economics and Applied Microeconomics focused on Inequality, Redistribution, and Poverty.
Education
Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics program in progress. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). 2017-Present
MA in Economics with a minor in Development Economics. Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO). Quito-Ecuador. 2011
Awards and Honors
Most Outstanding Second Year Research Paper. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign -ACE. 2019
Chester Bull Roberts Graduate Fellowship. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 2018
M. Frances Henry Graduate Fellowship. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 2017-2018
Summer School in Multidimensional Poverty Analysis Fellowship (Tuition). Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI). Oxford University. Beijing, China. 2016
Summer School at Center for Distributive, Labor and Social Studies (CEDLAS) Fellowship (Tuition). National University of La Plata, Argentina. 2012.
Highlighted Publications
Stampini, M., Robles, M., Sáenz, M., Ibarrarán, P., & Medellín, N. (2016). Poverty, vulnerability, and the middle class in Latin America. Latin American Economic Review, 25(1), 4.