ACADEMIC & RESEARCH INTEREST
International Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy, Public Policy, Econometric models
EDUCATION
University of Minnesota
Ph.D. in Economics
Minneapolis, U.S.A | Sep. 2020-May 2025
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
M.Sc. in Economics
Bogota, Colombia | Jan. 2016-Jun 2018
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
B.A. in Economics
Bogota, Colombia | Jan. 2012-Dec 2016
ACADEMIC & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Federal Reserve Bank Minneapolis - Research Department
Research Fellow
Minneapolis, United States of America | Sep. 2020 - Current
University of Minnesota
Instructor for Principles of Macroeconomics
Minneapolis, United States of America | Sep 2020- May 2022
Inter-American Development Bank – Research Department
Research Fellow
Washington DC, United States of America | Jun. 2018- July 2020
Universidad de La Sabana
Adjunct Professor
Bogota, Colombia | Jan. 2018- Jun 2018
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Research Assistant
Bogota, Colombia | Jun. 2017Jun. 2018
Fedesarrollo – World’s 2nd Think Tank in Latin-America
Research Assistant
Bogota, Colombia | Jan. 2017- Jun. 2017
National Planning Department - DNP
Internship - Sectoral General Sub-direction
Bogota, Colombia | Jun. 2016- Jan. 2017
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Research Assistant
Bogota, Colombia | Jun. 2014- - Dec. 2016
RESEARCH (projects in progress)
The Political Economy of Credit Booms and Macroprudential Policy
Self-fulfilling Debt Crisis Due to Investor Heterogeneity
COURSES & SEMINARS
Seminar on Research Techniques in Social Sciences. Bogota, Mar 2018
Congress of Economy, Universidad de los Andes. Bogota, Jun 2013.
English course, University of Olathe, Kansas. Kansas, Jun 2011.
English course, American-Colombian Center. Bogota, 2009 - 2012
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Econometrics Seed research project member, Research on nonlinear modeling.
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogota Jan 2016- Dec. 2017
Participant 42nd Annual Conference Eastern Economic Association
Washington D.C. Jan 2016
Best Teacher Assistant in Economics,
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogota, 1st Semester 2015
Best Student in Economics
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogota, 2nd Semester 2014
Student Representative to the Board of Directors.
CAFAM High-School, Bogota 2012
LANGUAGE AND COMPUTER SKILLS
Languages: Spanish (native) | English (Advanced – C1-level)
Specialized Software: Julia, Stata, Matlab, LaTeX
Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel (Advanced skills)