I am a Ph.D. Candidate in Social Policy, GSAS Presidential Scholar, James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Ph.D. Scholar in Inequality and Wealth Concentration, and Weatherhead Center Canada Research Fellow in the Department of Government at Harvard University. I am also a graduate affiliate of the Center for American Political Studies and the Institute for Quantitative Social Science.

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I study how diversity, inequality, and exclusion shape elections, public opinion, and political behavior. My dissertation centers on the nexus between race and class politics in the U.S. and argues that the brand of identity politics championed by the Democratic Party in recent elections has primarily catered to white, affluent members of the coalition, not the disadvantaged groups it claims to represent. More broadly, my research agenda involves (re)assessing contextual effects in politics, fostering inclusion through persuasion, and interrogating the notion of an identity-to-politics link. My work is published or forthcoming in Science Advances, the Journal of Politics, and Public Opinion Quarterly, among other outlets. Visit my research page to learn more about my publications, working papers, and works in progress.

I am a Mexican-born French Canadian studying American politics. I am also a 1.5-generation immigrant and first-generation college student. Before coming to Harvard, I received excellent research training at l'Université de Montréal, where I was a member of the Research Chair in Electoral Studies and the Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship.

In my spare time, I'm often on a very long walk around Boston or Montréal—committed flâneur that I am—with my better half Andreea and our chipin Maria. I enjoy cooking and baking, cocktails, architecture, classical music, driving, science fiction, '60s Judy Garland, and strong female leads.