Associate Researcher at MDRC (New York)

Castro-Cosio has a PhD in Public and Urban Policies from the New School in New York and is currently an Associate Researcher in the Department of Low-Wage Workers and Communities at the think tank MDRC. Her research areas include policies on urban sustainability, financial inclusion and social-ecological resilience, primarily in low-wage urban communities. Castro-Cosio previously worked as director of Sustainable Development Dialogue at the British Embassy in Mexico, in charge of developing the strategy for the program in the areas of sustainable cities, governance for sustainable development, climate change, natural resource management and sustainable consumption and production. Castro-Cosio holds a degree in International Relations from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and a Master in Development Management from the London School of Economics. [Mexico]