For my doctoral project, supervised by Bertjan Doosje with Judit Kende and Michael Boiger as co-supervisors, I investigated how efforts to equalize individuals between groups (e.g., individuals' formal equality) intertwine with the widening of inequalities by examining the role of advantaged group members in bridging this process. In doing so, I also explored how advantaged group members can instead foster equality by developing structural construals of inequality.

Before starting my PhD, I completed a B.A. in Psychology from Universidad Católica de Chile (2014), during which I participated in an academic exchange program at l'Institut d'études politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris (2012). After graduating, I completed an MSc in Social-Community Psychology (2019) at the same university. During my undergraduate studies, I conducted qualitative and theoretical research on the collective memory of the Chilean dictatorship (1973–1990) across generations and political leanings. For my MSc, I carried out a field experiment at the memorial site Londres 38 to examine the effects of memorials on cultural transmission. Specifically, I investigated whether and how visiting the memorial shaped the forgetting of justifications for the atrocities committed and strengthened visitors’ democratic standpoint.