About Me

If you didn’t gather from the “Hey, y’all.” on the home page, I was born and raised in Georgia where I also attended the University of Georgia for my undergraduate and master’s degrees (Go Dawgs!). I grew up in a small, rural area called Pike County, where being deemed a hard worker was the ultimate compliment. Now, I live in Philadelphia, where I intend to graduate with my Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

I was inspired to pursue economics after taking AP macroeconomics in high school. I was very much intrigued by the fact that math could, to a degree, explain human behavior. My main goal is to make a difference in the world through the research questions I seek to answer.

Aside from spending most of my life doing data work and solving models for meaningful research questions and to simultaneously maintain my sanity, I cook and paint in my free time. In fact, I have a food blog where I create my own recipes, which you can find here.