Maria Monge

María Paz Monge is a Senior Policy and Communications Manager at J-PAL LAC, where she works on promoting the use of evidence in policymaking, developing partnerships, providing technical assistance for the scale-up and replication of interventions, and implementing the office’s communication strategy.

Prior to joining J-PAL in 2021, she worked in the education sector at the Chilean Government and as a researcher in the University of Kassel, Germany. María Paz holds a master’s degree in economic behavior and governance from the University of Kassel and a bachelor's degree in business and economics from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC).