I am a physician-turned-anthropologist. Currently I am PhD Candidate in Anthropology at the George Washington University and a Visiting Fellow in the Harvard Kennedy School’s Program on Science, Technology and Society (STS). My dissertation research examines the interaction of public health policy-makers, scientists, and the media as coproducers of international and global policies for epidemics and pandemics. To trace the coproduction of pandemics, I am conducting multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork, comparing diverse forms of knowledge production about Zika and Covid-19 in various locations of the United States and my home country of Costa Rica.
I hold an MA (2015) in Medical Anthropology from the George Washington University, an MD (2005) from the University of Costa Rica School of Medicine, and a BSc in Biomedical Sciences from the same university. Prior to my involvement in anthropology, I was an instructor of Tropical Infectious Diseases and Global Health (2008-2013).

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