Alejandro joined the Growth Lab at Harvard's Center for International Development as a Research Fellow in 2022. Previously, he worked at the Lab as a Research Intern for the Colombian Amazon Project from 2021-2022. 

Before joining the Lab, Alejandro worked for six years for different Colombian government institutions on issues ranging from macroeconomics to rural development policy. Most recently, Alejandro worked as Impact Measurement Executive at Bancoldex, Junior Researcher at Colombia’s Central Bank and an Advisor to Colombia’s Deputy Minister of Rural Development.

Alejandro holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Economics from Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá, with a minor in Portuguese and an Master in Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID) from Harvard University with a Management Certificate. Alejandro’s research centers on growth diagnostics, rural, agriculture and land policy, and productive development.