Her research on representation, gender quotas, and legislative institutions in Latin America has appeared in numerous journals, including Politics & Gender, Comparative Political Studies, The Latin American Research Review, Parliamentary Affairs, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, as well as several edited volumes. With Susan Franceschet and Mona Lena Krook, she is editor of The Impact of Gender Quotas (Oxford University Press, 2012). She received her PhD from the University of California in San Diego in 2011. A Gates Cambridge Scholar, she received her M.Phil. in Latin American studies from the University of Cambridge in 2003.