Curriculum Vitae
Academic and professional background
Professional Experience
Senior Evaluation Specialist
Leading impact evaluations and evidence synthesis projects across health, education, and social protection sectors. Managing RCC projects on AI in agriculture, evidence-informed policymaking, and health financing.
Visiting Fellow
Research on AI safety for mental health applications, therapeutic persona monitoring, and activation-level drift detection in LLM-based interventions.
Research Fellow
Research on health systems, older people care, REDRESS project on NTDs and mental health in Liberia, and education policy in Latin America and Africa.
Research Assistant / Research Associate
REDRESS Project (NTDs and mental health in Liberia), UNHCR refugee integration research, COVID-19 research on older people and vaccination policies. PhD research on school-level inequality.
Researcher
Research on education indicators and policy analysis for Peru's education sector.
Director, Performance-Based Budgetary Programme
Responsible for performance-based budgetary programme for basic education (£2 billion, 55% of national education spending). Led results-based budgeting reforms, teacher training programs, and school governance systems.
Rural Housing Programme Director
Political representative for Regional Governments. Led construction of 215 community centres (Tambos) serving indigenous populations in remote areas.
Program Director
Coordinated five thousand volunteers across Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Ecuador. Fundraising for primary care clinics, schools, and rural housing.
Teaching
- Impact Evaluation in R (Abu Dhabi Government)
- Quantitative Evidence for Development (University of East Anglia)
- Econometric Methods for Development (University of East Anglia)
- Educational Assessment (University of East Anglia)
- Programme Evaluation (Queen Margaret University)
- Performance-Based Public Budgeting (Universidad Católica San Pablo)
- Monitoring and Evaluation in Public Policy (Universidad Católica San Pablo)
- Principles of Epidemiology and Research Techniques (University of East Anglia)
Advanced Training
- Intermediate Qualitative Comparative Analysis (by Carsten Q. Schneider and Ioana-Elena Oana)
- Advanced Doctoral Training on Quantitative Methods and Analysis (by Roberta Fida)
Service & Editorial Work
- Co-Director, Global Platform for Coronavirus and Older People
- OECD Evidence Web for Education Expert Group
- Sociedad Peruana de Investigación Educativa (SIEP), Board Member
- Educationis Momentum, Board Member
- Revista Peruana de Investigación Educativa: Co-editor (2020-2021; 2025-present)
- Peer reviewer: Journal of Development Effectiveness, BMJ Global Health, International Health, JMIR Public Health, PLOS Global Health, BJPsych Open, Journal of Refugee Studies, British Journal of Sociology
Grants & Funding
Evidence-Informed Policymaking in FCAS
AI in Agriculture: Evidence Synthesis
Health Financing in FCAS
REDRESS: NTDs and Mental Health in Liberia
Refugee Integration in National Health Systems
Selected Presentations
- European Evaluation Society Conference (2025)
- 3ie Evidence Week, Abu Dhabi (2024)
- Global Evidence Summit, Prague (2024)
- Campbell Collaboration Colloquium (2023)
- UKFIET Conference on Education and Development (2021)
- British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference (2021)
- Sociedad de Investigación Educativa Peruana (SIEP) Annual Conference (2015, 2016, 2017)
Last updated: February 2026