Ana is the Associate Director, Policy and Development for IPA Colombia. She leads the policy and business development work to strategically share evidence to inform policy decisions and build a strong portfolio of research and policy projects. Before IPA, she was a Research Manager at the University of Chicago's Poverty Lab, working on access to post-secondary education and youth employment. She also worked at Chicago Public Schools as a Data and Accountability Project Manager. In Colombia, she served as a consultant on citizen security at the National Planning Department. She holds an MPP from the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago and a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.