Professional Bio
My work in higher education began in student-facing roles, supporting academic success across institutions in Chile and the United States. Over more than ten years, that experience has helped me better understand the barriers and opportunities that shape student trajectories, and has given me a growing conviction that improving higher education requires not just direct support, but better tools for understanding and addressing systemic inequity, both at the local and public policy levels.
I am currently a doctoral student in the Research and Evaluation Methodology program at the University of Colorado Boulder, where my main research focus is on equity in access, persistence, and graduation in higher education. I see measurement instruments and program evaluation methodologies as tools to better understand and address the barriers students face, and to support institutions in making more informed, evidence-based decisions. My approach to this field is rooted in the belief that student well-being and higher education as a common good are deeply connected. Higher education, at its best, is a space where individuals grow and societies are shaped.
My research experience spans qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods approaches, and I have had the opportunity to develop instruments and contribute to validation work at institutions including the BEAR Center at UC Berkeley, DEMRE at the University of Chile, and the Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Social Statistics at PUC Chile.
Outside of research, I engage with ceramics, textiles, and photography as creative practices that shape how I think about form, process, and meaning-making. Working with these materials requires curiosity, iteration, patience, and the willingness to make something new. Besides the joy that it brings me, it helps me approach scholarly work with the same spirit of craftsmanship.
I am currently a doctoral student in the Research and Evaluation Methodology program at the University of Colorado Boulder, where my main research focus is on equity in access, persistence, and graduation in higher education. I see measurement instruments and program evaluation methodologies as tools to better understand and address the barriers students face, and to support institutions in making more informed, evidence-based decisions. My approach to this field is rooted in the belief that student well-being and higher education as a common good are deeply connected. Higher education, at its best, is a space where individuals grow and societies are shaped.
My research experience spans qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods approaches, and I have had the opportunity to develop instruments and contribute to validation work at institutions including the BEAR Center at UC Berkeley, DEMRE at the University of Chile, and the Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Social Statistics at PUC Chile.
Outside of research, I engage with ceramics, textiles, and photography as creative practices that shape how I think about form, process, and meaning-making. Working with these materials requires curiosity, iteration, patience, and the willingness to make something new. Besides the joy that it brings me, it helps me approach scholarly work with the same spirit of craftsmanship.
Institution/Organization
University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Colorado at Boulder
Student Member