Lucila joined the Growth Lab at Harvard's Center for International Development as a Research Fellow in 2022. Previously, she worked at the Lab as a Research Intern for the Jordan Project.

Before joining the Growth Lab, Lucila obtained her Master in Public Administration in International Development from the Harvard Kennedy School. Prior to that, she worked as a Research Analyst at the World Bank’s Chief Economist Office for Latin America and the Caribbean on social and fiscal policy topics. In particular, she analyzed the effects of income tax changes on income and labor outcomes. Before the World Bank, she worked as an Economic Advisor at the Ministry of Finance of both the state and national governments in Argentina on debt and macroeconomic policy.

Lucila also holds a B.Sc and M.Sc in Economics from Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentina). Her research interests focus on growth, fiscal policy, labor markets, social development, and inequality.