BIOGRAPHY

I am a doctoral candidate in Organizational Behavior at the Foster School of Business, University of Washington. 

My primary stream of research focuses on understanding how basic needs insecurity - such as insufficient food, inadequate housing, and precarious finances - affects employees at work, as well as identifying interventions to alleviate its negative consequences.  Complementing my primary stream of research, my second stream of research examines how sociocultural contexts can either add to or amplify the burdens of economic hardship, impacting employees’ experiences in and around organizations.

Together, my research program aims to make the case for why organizations benefit by devoting more resources to supporting disadvantaged employees and uncover insights on how organizations can do so most effectively, depending on whether the disadvantage is due to economic scarcity, socio-cultural barriers, or both. 

Prior to my PhD, I earned an MSc in Human Resources and Organizations from the London School of Economics and a B.S. in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego.