Welcome to my website!

I am a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate and a James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Ph.D. Scholar in Inequality and Wealth Concentration in the Department of Government at Harvard University. I am affiliated with the Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy, the Center for American Political Studies, the Institute for Quantitative Social Science, and the Weatherhead Canada Program.

I am currently on the academic job market!

I study how diversity, inequality, and exclusion shape elections, public opinion, and voting behavior. My dissertation examines the nexus between race and class 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. See my research page for my publications, working papers, and works in progress. Please feel free to reach out for any feedback or collaboration ideas!

I am a Mexican-born French Canadian studying American politics. I am also a 1.5-generation immigrant and first-generation 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, you can likely catch me on a very long walk around the Boston area. I enjoy cooking and baking, architecture, classical music, the X Files, 1960s Judy Garland, and strong female leads.