Manuel Mendez Diaz (he/him), MSCAPP ’24
Manuel completed his Bachelor’s degree in Economics and pursued a Master’s in Applied Statistics at the Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. Currently, he is a Master’s student in Computational Analysis and Public Policy at the Harris School of Public Policy. His professional journey has spanned across diverse sectors, including the private sector with Philip Morris International, contributing to education policy initiatives at EDUCA, an education policy think tank/NGO, and serving as an advisor to a congressman in the Dominican Republic. Manuel’s main interests lie in the intersection of policy and data science, where he is passionate about how data analysis can inform and transform policy decisions for the better.