She is also a research associate at OPHI. She did her first degree in Economics at UNS (2002), her MA in Economic Development at Vanderbilt University (2005) and her Doctorate in Economics at UNS (2008). She spent two years (2008-2010) as a post-doc Research Officer at OPHI. Her main research interests are the measurement, determinants and analysis of multidimensional and chronic poverty, income inequality, and the quality of education.