I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics at UC Berkeley. My main focus is in development economics; my second field is econometrics. Prior to Economics at Cal, I studied Computer Science and Cognitive Science at MIT; worked at a start-up company; studied genetics in yeast at the Whitehead Institute; and lived in Kenya for two years as a research assistant.
My current work focuses on health and education in sub-Saharan Africa: I am estimating the returns to secondary schooling in Kenya, as well as the long-run impact of health interventions in early childhood in both Kenya and Uganda.