About Me
I am completing my PhD in Communication at USC Annenberg (defense: May 2026), where I study digital infrastructure, platform governance, and media law and policy. I reflect on questions such as: How can governments secure their digital strategic autonomy in a world where technological dependence is geopolitically weaponized? How did apps come to acquire and manage such a central role in digital environments? How does the overarching process of datafication impact our human rights? I approach these questions using empirical analysis and political economy frameworks.
My research has been published in the International Journal of Communication, Internet Policy Review, Temple Law Review, and Global Media and China. I also actively engage in public debates. My work has appeared in Wired, The Washington Post, Tech Won’t Save Us, CNN, and Euractiv, among others.
My research agenda is informed by my networks of policymakers and human rights practitioners. I’ve coordinated the deployment of tools like UNESCO’s Internet Universality Indicators in Argentina; I designed and managed the process that led to the Contract for the Web, a global initiative to protect digital rights launched by web inventor Tim Berners-Lee; and led workshops where human rights activists and policymakers explored trends in digital rights and human rights in order to re-design their strategic approaches to urgent problems. I have also been a Fellow (2017–2018) and Affiliate (2019–2024) at the Harvard Berkman Klein Center.
Earlier, I worked with civil society organizations in Latin America, developing digital tools to monitor judicial appointments in Argentina, and exposing gaps in digital inclusion policies in Mexico, among others projects. These experiences helped me understand how bureaucracies operate, and the value of connecting research to participatory practices. I deploy these approaches as co-initiator of the Non-Aligned Tech Movement, a network of 120+ researchers and practitioners re-imagining tech futures.
Trained in law (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella), policy (Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford), internet studies (Oxford Internet Institute), and communication (USC Annenberg), I bring this interdisciplinary approach to my teaching, where I use active learning methods to help students prepare for positions at the intersections of technology, law, and policy.
If you’re interested in these agendas, reach out! I’m always eager to chat over coffee, zoom, or email/signal.