Aja is a third year Ph.D. student in Economics and Public Policy at Tufts University, where her research areas include both urban and public economics, with a particular interest in housing, residential segregation, and land use. Aja also works as a Research Fellow with Boston Indicators at the Boston Foundation. Aja has previously worked as a Rappaport Fellow with Massachusetts Housing Partnership, and prior to beginning her Ph.D., Aja worked as a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State in Mexico and Colombia. She has also served as Peace Corps volunteer in Darien province, Panama. Aja has master’s degree in public policy from Princeton University and is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.