Doctoral Candidate in Economics, American University, with fields of concentration in Development Economics and Comparative Systems. Research includes issues on migration, education, and agriculture. Worked as an outside consultant for the World Bank on the 2005 Albanian Consumption Aggregate and the 2005 Albanian Poverty Assessment. Co-taught "Project Evaluation" and "STATA for Economists" at the graduate levels at the American University. Received a bachelor degree in Business Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 2004.