I’m a public policy researcher specializing in housing and land use policies with a background in social epidemiology and urban planning. My work as a researcher at Mathematica and a postdoctoral associate in Harvard’s Department of Economics aims to understand how social policies can improve social mobility and well-being. Within this area, I have particular expertise in evaluating zoning reforms and efforts to increase market-rate rental housing production.

I earned my PhD from Harvard’s Health Policy program, where my dissertation examines the impact of housing policies and housing market trends on social mobility and health outcomes. This work is inspired by the four years I spent working as an urban planner for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. At Mathematica, I have worked on projects for the California Department of Aging (CDA), the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), the Social Security Administration (SSA), and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

I’m now based in San Francisco and love mixing up my activities in my non-working time, but some constants have included a lot of reading (especially well-written/well-conceived sci-fi/fantasy – all I want is to attend the Hugo awards!), first-principles cooking experiments, visiting second-hand/antique markets, and backpacking in the mountains.

Interests

• Evaluations that address major social and economic challenges
• Housing and land use policy
• Causal inference
• Policy impact

Education

• PhD, Health Policy (methods), Harvard University
• MS, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health
• BS, Cognitive Science, UCLA