Alejandra Lopez-Fernandini
Policy Analyst, Asset Building Program
Alejandra Lopez-Fernandini is a Policy Analyst in the Asset Building Program at the New America Foundation. Her primary responsibilities include conducting research and analysis for the program’s Financial Services and Education Project and in support of its efforts in California.
Ms. Lopez-Fernandini has a background in anti-hunger, anti-poverty, and community development programs and policies. She has served as a Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellow, performed field research in Peru on maternal and child health, and conducted new business development and program evaluation with the Academy for Educational Development. While in graduate school, she focused on social policy and conducted empirical research assessing the wealth-building potential of various homeownership strategies in North Carolina. She holds a B.A. in anthropology from the University of Notre Dame and a master’s of public policy from the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University.
Ms. Lopez-Fernandini has a background in anti-hunger, anti-poverty, and community development programs and policies. She has served as a Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellow, performed field research in Peru on maternal and child health, and conducted new business development and program evaluation with the Academy for Educational Development. While in graduate school, she focused on social policy and conducted empirical research assessing the wealth-building potential of various homeownership strategies in North Carolina. She holds a B.A. in anthropology from the University of Notre Dame and a master’s of public policy from the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University.
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