About
I am an Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Health Policy & Management at the Yale School of Public Health. My research focuses on the economics of health and public policy, including risky behaviors such as tobacco and alcohol use as well as hearing health.
I initially earned a BA in English from the University of Louisiana, but later returned to continue my education due to my interest in the economics of health. I started back at Austin Community College, then made my way to Texas State for a second BA in Economics and a BS in Mathematics. I landed in Atlanta at Georgia State's Andrew Young School in 2020, and earned my PhD in Economics in 2025. That same year, I came to Yale as a mid-forties postdoc. Now, I'm an Associate Research Scientist.
If to be perfect in a certain sphere,
What matter, soon or late, or here or there?
The blest to-day is as completely so,
As who began a thousand years ago.