Alessandra is a PhD candidate in economics at Lancaster University. She worked at Young Lives as a Research Consultant during the summers of 2022 and 2023. Additionally, she worked as a Research Assistant with the Young Lives Peru team at GRADE in Lima from 2017 to 2020.

Her academic journey includes an MSc in Economics from Lancaster University as part of her integrated PhD program and an MA in Economics from Universidad de Piura, Peru.

Alessandra's research focuses on investigating the enduring consequences of adverse life conditions, notably violent experiences, on human capital accumulation within developing contexts.