I am the Lead research assistant at REDI as well as a PhD student. Prior to joining the CSU Economics Department and REDI, I obtained a BA in Business Administration with a finance concentration and MSc of Finance from CSU. I also earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation from the CFA Institute. In the intervening time period between earning my BA and MSc, I ran a Registered Municipal Advisory consulting firm that helped local governments in Colorado figure out how to finance more than $100 million of infrastructure projects such as road, water, and wastewater systems. My research interests include public finance, spatial and regional economics, and asymmetric information.