I am a PhD candidate in Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. At the intersection of public management and behavioral science, and drawing on more than a decade of experience as a public servant, I use field experiments and quantitative methods to identify effective ways to attract talent and build supportive systems for public servants.

Much of my work has focused on understanding how to attract talent to government in areas of critical shortage, as well as what fosters retention among public servants already in government, particularly how organizational environments shape motivation and decisions to stay or leave.

I am is particularly interested in the extent to which these findings generalize to Latin America, where institutional arrangements, labor markets and cultural norms differ. This comparative lens not only evaluates whether evidence-based practices hold across contexts but also advances theoretical understanding of the conditions that shape the success of recruitment and retention strategies.