About Nicolás

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Economics and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, and a 2023–24 Fellow of the National Academy of Education — one of the most competitive fellowships in the field of education policy.

I’m an applied microeconomist, where my research focuses on teacher shortages, the evaluation of financial aid and school accountability policies.

Previously, I worked at Chile’s national Quality of Education Agency, where I led the development of dashboards and statistical reports used to guide policy decisions, including the design of the school accountability system. I am also an experienced R and Stata user, and have taught quantitative methods in both the Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS) program and the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University.

You can find my CV here 📄.