Stephanie Majerowicz Nieto is an Assistant Professor at the University of Los Andes and a Research Affiliate at briq. Her research focuses on understanding how to improve public service provision in Latin America, with a primary focus on improving the quality of public education. She currently works with governments in Latin America to evaluate the impact of education policies on learning outcomes. Other research interests include economic growth, industrial policy, and political economy.

Stephanie received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from Stanford University. She has also worked as a consultant for the World Bank Group’s Poverty Global Practice and the Millennium Challenge Corporation.