Areas of practice

Applied Research & Evaluation

Applied research, program evaluation and technical evidence to support decision-making and strengthen public policy. Analysis institutions can act on: how homelessness policies and programs work in practice, where implementation gaps emerge, and who is being reached and who is not.

13+ years of field-based research across Los Angeles and Brazil, combining quantitative and qualitative methods with direct engagement with public officials, frontline professionals and people with lived experience of homelessness.

• Applied Research
• Program Evaluation
• Technical Evidence
• Data Analysis
• Field-Based Inquiry

Strategic Advisory & Institutional Coordination

Policy diagnosis and strategic coordination across public agencies, nonprofit organizations and oversight institutions, connecting evidence, institutional responsibilities and implementation.

Facilitating interinstitutional collaboration and developing strategies that let institutions with different mandates work toward shared goals, with assessments and improvement agendas that move from analysis to concrete action.

• Strategic Assessment
• Interagency Coordination
• Policy Recommendations
• Oversight Support
• Interinstitutional Collaboration

Institutional Innovation

Designing and helping implement institutional solutions: technical cooperation agreements, evidence-informed workflows, monitoring and evaluation structures, and permanent capacity for applied research and policy evaluation.

She has built this infrastructure from the ground up inside public institutions, and brings that same capacity for institutional change to her consulting and advisory work.

• Institutional Design
• Cooperation Agreements
• Monitoring Systems
• Transparency
• Institutional Capacity

Socioeconomic Evaluation in Judicial Cases

Socioeconomic evaluations in judicial cases involving victims and survivors of violence, particularly women facing domestic violence, displacement and housing risk in Brazil.

Working alongside legal teams across more than 300 cases, she analyzes socioeconomic conditions, risk patterns and vulnerability factors to support case strategy and judicial decision-making.

• Socioeconomic Evaluation
• Gender-Based Violence
• Displacement & Housing Risk
• Legal Support
• Risk Pattern Analysis