Hello there!

I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I will be in the academic job market during the fall, and I am expected to receive my diploma in May 2027.

My research sits at the intersection of bureaucratic autonomy, institutional backsliding, and the politics of enforcement. In particular, my dissertation examines how bureaucratic motivation impacts the rule of law in contemporary democracies. Combining an in-depth study of Brazilian environmental agencies and cross-national evidence, I show that policy-motivated bureaucrats can slow the erosion of impartial administration, as well as improve societal outcomes. Additionally, I have ongoing interests in causal inference, individual-level adaptation to climate change, and the broader field of environmental politics.

I am a Graduate Research Fellow at the MIT Governance Lab and a former Editorial Assistant for the American Journal of Political Science. I am also the proud recipient of the Luksic Fellowship, awarded by the Luksic Foundation.

I received my BA in Political Science from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC-Chile).