Education

2018 โ€“ Expected June 2026

University of Washington โ€” Seattle, WA

PhD, Biomedical and Health Informatics

Dissertation: Resistance Informatics: Navigating, Challenging, and Setting a Repair-Centered Agenda for Healthcare Systems
Advisors: Wanda Pratt, PhD & Andrea Hartzler, PhD

2016 โ€“ 2018

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia โ€” Lima, Peru

MS, Biomedical Informatics in Global Health

Advisor: Cesar Carcamo Cavagnaro, MD, PhD ยท Funded by CONCYTEC/CienciActiva national scholarship

2007 โ€“ 2011

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia โ€” Lima, Peru

BS, Informatics Engineering

Research Experience

2025 โ€“ Present

CLAD Project โ€” University of Washington

Graduate Research Assistant

  • Leading UX research approach and study design for GIS-based environmental health screening tools
  • Designing research instruments including interview guides and informed consent documentation
  • Leading IRB proposal preparation and submission
2023 โ€“ 2025

VillageReach โ€” Research, Evidence, and Learning Team

Research Associate

  • Designed and conducted stakeholder interviews with community leaders, healthcare providers, and program implementers
  • Analyzed qualitative and quantitative data to generate actionable recommendations for program improvement
  • Contributed to applied research projects addressing health equity across Washington State and global contexts
2019 โ€“ 2024

UnBIASED Project โ€” University of Washington

Graduate Research Assistant (Lead)

  • Led design and execution of 25+ in-depth qualitative interviews with LGBTQ+ and BIPOC patients
  • Coordinated team-based qualitative coding using inductive and template-based approaches
  • Published first-author work at AMIA and co-first-author work in JAMIA
  • This project forms the empirical foundation of the dissertation
2018 โ€“ 2019

FAB Project โ€” University of Washington

Graduate Research Assistant

  • Developed qualitative data collection tools including interview protocols and participant materials
  • Conducted participant feedback interviews and created data visualizations

Awards & Funding

2024

Population Health Initiative Award

University of Washington โ€” Project: "Identity safety in medicine: a qualitative study to elicit patient perspectives and develop a framework to apply in clinical settings and research"

2020

Diversity Supplement

National Library of Medicine

2019

Pre-Doctoral Traineeship

National Library of Medicine

2016 โ€“ 2018

CONCYTEC/CienciActiva National Research Scholarship

Peru's National Council for Science, Technology and Technological Innovation โ€” Fully funded MS at UPCH

Service & DEI

American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)

DEI Committee Member

Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education (BIME), UW

DEI Committee Member

ACM Queer in SIG

Steering Committee Member

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center HIV Vaccine Trials

Research Volunteer

Technical Skills & Languages

Research Methods

Qualitative interviews Thematic analysis Human-centered design Participatory research CBPR Mixed methods Grounded theory

Theoretical Frameworks

Queer theory Feminist theory Intersectionality Critical race theory Resistance informatics Infrastructural inversion

Software & Tools

REDCap Atlas.TI Dedoose Qualtrics Obsidian Miro Google Suite Microsoft Suite

Languages

Spanish โ€” Native English โ€” Fluent Italian โ€” Basic