Los Angeles, California, United States
Current PhD student in Finance and Business Economics at USC Marshall. Formerly at the Federal Reserve Board.
As a research assistant at the Federal Reserve Board my primary responsibilities included preparing materials on the outlook of the international economy for FOMC meetings, Governor presentations, and international bilateral meetings. I also contributed to a variety of research projects on topics such as labor market dynamics, inflation trends, and neutral interest rates. My primary research work was done at the intersection of macroeconomics and finance, exploring the impact of foreign macroeconomic fluctuations on firm financing conditions.
As a teaching assistant for ECN 1500 Principles of Macroeconomics, I work to support student success and ensure that evaluation is fair and consistent. Over two years I have supported more than 300 students, striving to generate interest in the field of economics and ease the fear that is associated with the quantitative methods associated with the field. My main responsibilities include hosting office hours for personal engagement, grading papers and assignments, providing individualized feedback to projects, and supporting the delivery of lectures.
The Business Council of the Jon M Huntsman School of Business is the student leadership organization responsible for representing the student body before school leadership. As the president of the Council, I helped guide our collective vision for student involvement and success. Through collaboration with the Business Senator, we were able to achieve success in various projects including: -the successful execution of student networking events during the University's Business Week -the implementation of Entrepreneurship Week to showcase student entrepreneurial efforts -receiving and communicating feedback from more than 500 students -the creation of the School's first diversity and inclusion day -the execution of the School's formal social event, the Huntsman Gala
The Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University is a nonpartisan nonprofit research center that explores the way key institutions in society — business, government, and community — ignite economic growth and increase opportunity for everyone to improve their lives. As a research fellow, I engage with a variety of issues to form relevant and novel insights. My research areas include -the economic impact of offering H1B visa exemptions to graduating students that are starting businesses - the economic viability of alternative sources of energy creation, and the impact of the shift away from fossil fuels -polycentric, market-based approaches to habitat management for endangered animals -the creation of water markets to help alleviate the mega drought of the Western states My main responsibilities include data cleaning and analysis, literature reviews, fact checking, the publication of policy recommendations, and the presentation of my research to various audiences.
The R Street Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public policy research organization. As a member of the competition policy team, I evaluate the impacts of current and proposed policy on the efficacy of markets. Specific issues I have engaged with include: -FTC efforts to reduce monopolistic market structures perpetuated by eye care professionals for corrective eyewear - The impact of expanded telehealth options in Michigan optical health care markets -Shifts in mental health care markets caused by the deregulation of telemental health care during the Covid-19 pandemic My chief responsibilities include data collection, data analysis, comparing existing research, and the creation of short and long form economic policy publications.
The United States International Development Finance Corporation is America’s development finance institution. DFC partners with the private sector to finance solutions to the most critical challenges facing the developing world today. As an intern, I worked with various civil-service experts to facilitate the work of the Corporation. Specific issue engagements included: -the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the developing world, and the level of risk it exposed the Corporation to -efforts to nearshore manufacturing from China to Latin America and the Caribbean, and the investment opportunities involved -leveraging Corporation funds to counter the investments of malign actors in developing countries As an intern my chief responsibilities included drafting memorandums, briefing Congressional oversight committees on the status of Corporation projects, research into developing markets, drafting communications with related agencies such as USAID and the MCC, and maintaining Excel databases relevant to the Corporation's work.