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)