Hi! I am a PhD Candidate in Political Science at Brown University.

My research lies at the intersection of comparative political economy, bureaucratic politics, and urban studies in Latin America. I’m broadly interested in how politics shape life in slums—and how slum residents, in turn, shape the state and its politics in the Global South. My work focuses on the role of social movements in this process, particularly from a less traditional angle: by studying what happens when movement participants become bureaucrats and access senior positions within the state. Using a mixed-methods approach that combines original fieldwork, in-depth interviews, and a survey experiment with slum leaders in Argentina, I examine how social movement actors who enter public administration shape public service delivery and influence how historically excluded communities experience and trust the state.

My book project, Delivery in the Margins, explores the bureaucratic incorporation of social movements and its consequences for service provision and political trust in Argentina’s informal settlements. I argue that when social movements are deeply embedded in local territories and gain access to power, they bring distinct implementation logics into the state—rooted in collective organizing, territorial knowledge, and relational authority—that ultimately reshape how policies are carried out and how residents perceive the state bureaucracy.

I hold a BA and MA in Political Science from the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and my research has been supported by the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs and Brown University. I am currently on the academic job market (AY 2025–2026).