Idalee holds a Master’s degree in Quantitative Economics from UCLA and Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Tecnológico de Monterrey. Over the past two years, she has worked as a Research Assistant for Dr. Selina Hofstetter, focusing on political economy, education, and gender empowerment. Her role involved in-depth research, data analysis, and collaboration on multiple studies in these fields. She also worked on a project building neural nets using machine learning models to analyze political speeches in Latin America.