Luis E. Basurto is a doctoral student in the Brooks School of Public Policy at Cornell University. His research interests lie around the dynamics between social safety net programs and various areas of human development, such as economic mobility and health, with a special focus on immigrants and families with children. Prior to his time at Cornell, Luis worked as a Research Associate in the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University, and a Research Analyst at the Urban Institute’s Health Policy Center. Luis holds an MS in mathematics and statistics from Georgetown University and a BA in economics and finance from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.