Cristina is a Research Scientist in the Applied Research & Methods (ARM) Group. She is part of the Path-to-Scale Research initiative, where she studies programs to reduce poverty and improve livelihoods, with the aim of supporting effective solutions in their path to scale. She is an economist with extensive fieldwork experience in sub-Saharan Africa, and her research interests lie in gender, social norms and health. She holds a PhD in Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics, as well as a Master's degree in Economic and Social Sciences and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Bocconi University.