Alejandra Tantamango
ALEJANDRA TANTAMANGO (she/her) is a Master of Public Policy student at the Luskin School of Public Affairs and a Graduate Student Researcher in the Research Department. Her research interests include immigration policy and social welfare policy, with a particular interest in how public policies shape economic opportunity and access to social safety-net programs in historically underserved communities.
Prior to UCLA, Alejandra worked at the USC Center for Economic and Social Research, where she conducted research on changes in eligibility requirements and benefit calculations for public pension and social assistance programs for older adults, as well as public health insurance programs across different countries. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California, Irvine, and a Master of Arts in Economics from California State University, Fullerton. Having lived in Lima, Peru, and Orange County, California, Alejandra is interested in policy issues affecting Latinos and other communities of color and in producing research that can contribute to more equitable public policies.
