Projects
We want to achieve greater equity in access and transparency to government services and benefits by providing better information — increasing satisfaction and improving opportunities for all, especially the most vulnerable population.
Active
Decidiendo para un Futuro Mejor (DFM) — Chile
National-scale digital curriculum to reduce school dropout and increase higher education access. Personalized 5-week in-school program with virtual counselor.
View project → activeDecidiendo para un Futuro Mejor (DFM) — Colombia
Regional deployment of DFM targeting grades 6–11, reaching 64,000 students. 70% rural participants.
View project → activeMelocreo — Medellín
Education technology project in Medellín, Colombia.
View project → activeIcfesBot — Higher Education Guidance
AI chatbot helping Colombian students navigate higher education options based on ICFES exam results.
View project → activeDOMUS — Subsidy Choice Platform
Modular ecosystem helping families navigate complex housing subsidy systems. Partnership with TOCTOC and Chile's Ministry of Housing.
View project → activeMi Abogado AI
A scoping study exploring how AI-assisted tools can help lawyers and interdisciplinary teams in Chile's child-protection legal programs spend less time on administrative work and more on directly supporting children. Working with Programa Mi Abogado and NAD, it maps real workflows, identifies tasks suited to AI assistance, and produces design concepts, an MVP specification, and an evaluation-ready roadmap. It builds on causal evidence that stronger legal representation reduces children's time in institutional care, and is designed to augment professional judgment, not replace it.
View project → activeCienPiés
CienPiés ("centipede") is a mobile-first platform that helps families and schools organize safe, supervised "walking school buses" — groups of children who walk to school together under rotating parent-volunteer supervision. Families who live near each other are clustered into optimized walking routes; guardians choose when they walk, lead, or back up, follow the live route, and can raise an alert if needed, while school administrators plan routes and track participation. It is bilingual and built for use across multiple schools.
View project →Completed
AVE — Aprendiendo el Valor de la Educación
Large-scale RCT using telenovela-style videos to inform students about value of education.
View project → completedPeru Information Campaign on Returns to Education
Paper-based and tablet-based information campaign on returns to education for primary school students.
View project → completedNew Haven Public Schools — School Assignment
Centralized student-to-school assignment system with school information platform for New Haven families.
View project → completedSistema de Admisión Escolar (SAE) — Chile
Chile's national school assignment system processing 2 million applications annually. Originally developed at ConsiliumBots, spun off to TetherEducation.
View project →Proposed
AI Education Agents — 100 Schools Pilot
AI-powered agents via WhatsApp helping families navigate enrollment and educational pathways. 200 schools across 2 cities.
View project → proposedTiempo para Liderar con IA (Time to Lead with AI)
A proposed randomized field experiment testing whether practical training and light coaching can help Chilean school principals adopt AI tools responsibly — reducing administrative burden and reclaiming time for instructional leadership. Motivated by evidence that Latin American school directors spend roughly three-quarters of their time on non-pedagogical work, it would randomize about 100 Santiago-area schools (prioritizing public and lower-income communities) and measure adoption, safe use, how recovered time is reallocated, and spillovers to teachers.
View project →Research
Women in STEM
Research on gender gaps in STEM education and interventions to increase women's participation.
View project → researchDaycare Deserts
Research on geographic access to early childhood education.
View project → researchCoordinated Choice & Assignment Systems (CCAS) — Global Review
A global review of how 149 countries use Coordinated Choice & Assignment Systems (CCAS) — the platforms and algorithms that match students to schools and universities when prices don't allocate access. It documents that about 60% of countries now use some coordinated mechanism (nearly double the last decade), maps the wide variation in how these systems are designed, and identifies evidence-based ways to make admissions more equitable and efficient. Findings are shared through an open, living data platform.
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