He joined Babson in 2008, after receiving his PhD from New York University. While in graduate school he worked at Morgan Stanley’s Latin America Economics Research Group and did an internship at the International Monetary Fund. Professor Azcona teaches macroeconomics in the undergraduate and MBA programs. His research interests include currency crisis, open-economy macroeconomics and monetary policy. Professor Azcona received his BA in Economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra in 2002.