Hello there!

I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I am on the 2026–27 academic job market, and I expect to complete my PhD by the end of 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.

Update: October 9, 2026 I am glad to share that my paper Forbearance Forgone has received a revise and resubmit (R&R) at the American Journal of Political Science.

I am a Graduate Research Fellow at the MIT Governance Lab and 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).