Education

Ph.D. in Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California - Davis, 2025 (expected) Job Market Paper: “Optimal Production Standards for Organic Strawberries and the Commercial Availability Legal Loophole”
M.S. in Economics, University of Alabama, 2020
B.S. in International Economics, University of Alabama, 2018

Work Experience

Graduate Student Researcher (Summer 2021—Present) UC Davis, under Professor Rachael Goodhue Davis, CA

Collaborate with CDFA and OPCA to estimate the economic impact of changes to statewide pesticide policy.
Design a Microsoft Excel reporting system for the UC Davis Crop Cost & Return Studies. Link
Co-organize the California Agricultural Executive Seminar, a conference with over 120 C-Suite attendees.

Graduate Teaching Assistant (Fall 2020—Spring 2021) UC Davis Managerial Economics Department Davis, CA

Led discussion sections and graded assignments for Principles of Finance and Managerial Marketing.

Graduate Teaching Assistant (Fall 2018—Spring 2020) UA Management Department Tuscaloosa, AL

Created course programs for and taught two Business Management courses, averaging 46 students per semester.

Graduate Agricultural Marketing Intern (Summer 2019) BNSF Railway Fort Worth, TX

Analyzed potential growth ports and created data visualizations used for business expansion ventures.

Data Analytics Researcher (Fall 2018—Spring 2019) Marilyn Hewson Data Analytics Lab Tuscaloosa, AL

Wrote economic analyses for the City of Tuscaloosa, including a cost-benefit analysis of building a convention center.

Lead Peer Advisor (Fall 2016—Spring 2018) UA Career Center Tuscaloosa, AL

Managed 5 students, presented informational sessions to student groups, and edited student CVs.

Latin American Sales and Marketing Intern (Summer 2017) Bell Helicopter Hurst, TX

Constructed reports identifying Latin American industries that exhibited significant growth.

Skills

Maple, Matlab, Microsoft Office, Python, R, Stata, Tableau
English (Native), Spanish (Fluent), German (Conversational)