I am in the last year of my PhD in Economics at the University of California Santa Barbara, where I have developed research in Experimental and Behavioral Economics. My research is centered on how individuals process information, form beliefs, and make decisions under uncertainty, with a focus on misinformation and risk preferences. I combine experimental methods and theoretical modeling to explore these areas, particularly higher-order beliefs, feedback mechanisms, and how people value information.

I am currently in the Job Market as I near the completion of my Ph.D. in 2025. I’m excited to continue my work in economic research, focusing on information economics and decision theory. My Job Market Paper explores the feedback’s effect on the demand for verification in the context of misinformation. The results aim to help design more effective interventions to fight misinformation.

Where am I from?

I was born and raised in Mexico City and studied at UNAM, where I got a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and postgraduate training in Statistics. There, I became interested in experimental methods and behavior models. With this background, I naturally moved to Economics and decided to complete my Master’s in Economics at CIDE, where I was exposed to more rigorous mathematical analysis. After graduation, I worked at IFT and ASBA and later received the Fulbright-García Robles scholarship to begin my PhD at UCSB in 2019.

Where am I going next?

After graduation, I expect to work in academia, explore the topics that intrigued me during the PhD, and collaborate with other researchers. The most important factor is to have a place where I can continue working on the topics I am interested in and increase collaboration networks.