Maria Pia is a Research Analyst at IPA Peru, focusing on data collection and analysis to evaluate the impact of seed capital on Venezuelan migrants’ businesses. She has experience in public policy and data science, with expertise in statistical and data visualization tools such as R, STATA, Python, SPSS, QGIS, and Power BI. Maria Pia holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Government from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, with a strong interest in public management and data-driven policymaking.