I am a 4th-year Ph.D. candidate in Public and Urban Policy at The New School for Social Research. My research examines new forms of social policy and urban development in Latin America and the Global South, with a particular focus on the role of care infrastructure—such as kitchens, laundromats, and community gardens—in reshaping urban governance systems. My work takes an interdisciplinary approach that integrates policy analysis, urban development, and feminist science and technology studies (FSTS). 

I teach at the Transdisciplinary Design MFA at Parsons School of Design, and I am a fellow at the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility.  I was a 2024-2025 doctoral fellow at the Graduate Institute for Design, Ethnography & Social Thought (GIDEST) and the Robert L. Heilbroner Center for Capitalism Studies. 

I hold a BA in Design (2017) and a Master in Public Policy (2020) from Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia, and an MPhil (2024) from The New School. 

Email me at celic265@newschool.edu