I also owe a lot to Grace Gu and Alonso Villacorta for their mentorship and support, fellow PhD students, the faculty at the UCSC Econ dept, my family and friends, and every economist I met during my fellowships, research visits or conferences who was kind and generous with their feedback 💜

Thank you, Zoë! It really is.

I feel so proud to be a part of their academic journey. I have always believed that strong mentorship is indispensable to science and I hope I was able to relay what I learnt from my own mentors to me mentees. I know any school would be lucky to have these wonderful individuals💜

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