Writing
Research, policy analysis, and essays on energy, development, cities, and institutions.
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Research
Assessing the Health Impacts of Efficiency Standards — Research · March 2025. How appliance rules ripple through the grid into air quality and mortality — a regional modeling approach.
What an Appliance Standard Can Tell Us About Public Health — Research companion · October 2026. Following the connection from electricity use to the people who bear its costs.
Policy & Programs
Improving Accountability in Mexico’s Green Transition — Policy memo (PDF), December 2023. Francisco Aguilar, Avalon Bauman, Hector Gonzalez, Anne Green, Piyush Narang & Sumate Pruekruedee. Strengthening stakeholder responsibilities to local communities in the energy transition.
Owning Part of Mexico’s Energy Transition — Policy essay · October 2026. What Denmark’s wind experience reveals about community ownership, financial risk, and the terms of participation. Mexico Development Lab project.
Climate Finance
Climate Resilience Platform — Original proposal presentation (PDF) · 2023. With Alejandro Carrillo. Read the project case study.
The Future of ESG and Sustainability — Commentary · March 2025. Why the backlash against ESG misreads what disclosure is for.
Essays & Commentary
Personal essays on cities, institutions, civic life, and the creative process.
Who Pays for the City? — Personal essay · October 2026. What growing up in Guadalajara taught me about governance vacuums — and who pays for the city.
Moving Through LA: Challenges to Sustainability — Personal essay · January 2025. A bicycle journey through Los Angeles and the infrastructure shaping everyday mobility.
From Sierras to Policy: A Journey into Externalities — Professional reflection · October 2025. Connecting field experience, economics, and the costs of development.
In times of political turmoil, I remember why I'm here — Civic reflection · May 2026. Citizenship, democratic participation, and the values behind belonging.
The War on Drugs: Unintended Consequences — Policy commentary · February 2025. An argument about prohibition, incentives, and unintended consequences.
Reflections on Power, Existence and Love — Personal essay · February 2025. Meaning, power, and the place of individual action.
The Creative Process — Essay · February 2025. Attention, experience, and the conditions that shape creativity.
Japan Bikepacking Trip 2024 — Travel entry.