Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Economics of Education, Labour Economics, Development Economics

Education

• 
  PhD student in Economics

  University of Alicante

  Alicante, Spain
  2025 – present
• 
  MSc in Quantitative Economics

  University of Alicante

  Alicante, Spain

  • Final thesis: 10/10 (honor roll) [Abstract]
  2024 – 2025
• 
  MRes in Economic Analysis

  Carlos III University of Madrid

  Madrid, Spain

  • Final thesis: 9/10 [Full text]
  2022 – 2024
• 
  BSc in Economics

  Los Andes University

  Bogotá, Colombia

  • GPA: 4.66/5 or 9.1/10 (cum laude)
  • Minor in Public Policy [2019–2021]
  2018 – 2021

Work Experience

• 
  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

  Directorate for Education and Skills

  Paris, France

  • Research on teacher attrition, retention and the policies that help bring former teachers back into the classroom. Part of the Unlocking the potential of diverse teaching profiles project.
  Jul 2026 – present
• 
  Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

  Short Term Consultant

  Bogotá, Colombia

  • Impact evaluation of the Programmatic Policy Based Loan (PBP) CO-L1252 that sought to improve the social, productive, and educational inclusion of people with disabilities in Colombia.
  Summer 2022
• 
  Fedesarrollo – Center for Economic and Social Research

  Junior Economist

  Bogotá, Colombia

  • Analysis of microdata from national surveys (ENUT 2016–2020, SABE 2015, ECV 2020) to examine pensions, healthcare, caregiving, and economic security for the elderly population in Colombia.
  Dec 2021 – Jul 2022

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant

• 
  University of Alicante

  • Introduction to Macroeconomics [Julio Carmona]Spring 2025 & 2026
  2025 – 2026
• 
  Carlos III University of Madrid

  • Monetary and Financial Macroeconomics [Prof. Hernan Seoane] Award for excellence in Teaching Spring 2024
    2023 – 2024
  • Principles of Economics Teaching in English / Award for excellence in Teaching Economics [Prof. Angel Veciana] | Finance and Accounting [Prof. Antonio Romero] Fall 2023

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

• 
  Los Andes University

  • Econometrics II [Prof. Jorge Bonilla]Fall 2021
  • International Development [Prof. Philipp Hessel]Spring 2021
  • History of Economic Thought [Prof. Andrés Sierra]Spring 2021
  • World Economic History [Prof. Leopoldo Fergusson | Prof. Juan Galán]Fall 2020
  • Introduction to Public Policies [Prof. Philipp Hessel]Fall 2020
  2020 – 2021

Publications

• ArticleThe Hidden Demand for AI Inside Your Company with Alfaro, E., Cabrales, A., Garicano, L., Roldán Monés, T. and Vieira de Santiago, G. (2026). Harvard Business Review. Read at HBR.org 2026
• Book chapterOlder people and caregivers on “Misión Colombia Envejece” with Hessel, P. (2023). Fundación Saldarriaga Concha (FSC). Complete document (Spanish) / Executive summary (English) 2023

Work in Progress

• A matter of time? Academic performance and school timetables (with José Montalbán and Martín Fernández)
• Boost your grades watching videos? Lecture capture impact on academic performance
• Human-in-the-loop: bottom up innovation with GenAI in a global bank (with Antonio Cabrales, Luis Garicano and Toni Roldán-Monés)
• Former Teachers: Barriers, Incentives and Policy Lessons for Re-entry (with José Manuel Torres) — OECD Policy Paper

Seminars and Presentations

• Upcoming51st Simposio de la Asociación Española de Economía (SAEe) Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 16–18 December 2026Dec 2026
• SAEe PhD school (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona)2025

Honors, Awards and Fellowships

• Fundación Ramón Areces Scholarship (full funding) for the PhD thesis2024 – present
• Economics Department’s Scholarship for the Master in Economic Analysis in UC3M2022 – 2024
• Degree in Economics with Cum Laude Distinction GPA in the top 3% of the 5 previous years cohorts2022
• Award for excellence in Colombia’s Higher Education Quality Exam “Saber Pro”2021
• Winner of the XVIII National Economics and Finance - Public Policy contest Organized by the Colombian Central Bank & Universidad del Rosario2021

Computer Skills

StStata R Julia Python Matlab (Beginner) EVEViews SQL MS Office LaTeX

Language Competence

Spanish (Native)  ·  English (Fluent)
English certifications: TOEFL iBT 105/120 pts

Academic References