I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at Brown University. I received my Ph.D. in Political Science in 2022 at University of California, San Diego. My research interests span political economy and comparative politics, with a focus on violence, crime, and corruption.

For the 2021-22 academic year, I was selected as a Harry F Guggenheim Emerging Scholar. In the 2020-2021 academic year, I was a Dissertation Fellow with the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC). My dissertation research and field work has been supported by the 2020-2021 NSF/APSA Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, the UCSD Sanford Lakoff Research Fellowship, and the UCSD International Institute.

Prior to entering UCSD, I received a B.A. in Economics and a M.A. in Public Administration from Fundação Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I worked as a consultant for UN-Habitat, affiliated with the municipal government of Rio de Janeiro.

I have co-founded A Ponte, a network of women from academia and the public sector focused on supporting elected women. Our goal is to promote evidence-based policies and strengthen role models to attract more women to politics in Brazil.