Fernanda — known as Pumi — is an Assistant Professor at Pontificia
Universidad Católica de Chile, jointly appointed at College UC and
the Department of Industrial Engineering, and an invited researcher
at J-PAL Latin America and the Caribbean. She earned an MPP at the
Harvard Kennedy School (2017) and a PhD in Education from Harvard in
2022 (Christopher on her committee), with a concentration in
Education Policy and Program Evaluation. Before her academic career
she was Executive Director of América Solidaria Haiti and held roles
at Chile’s Ministry of Education and Educación 2020. Her research
focuses on Latin American educational policies and interventions,
gender bias in education, women’s underrepresentation in STEM, and
peer-gender influences on academic performance.
