Cassandra is a PhD candidate in economics at Harvard University, where she conducts research in the intersection of environmental and development economics. Cassandra studies government policy as it relates to the environment both in South Africa, where she researches water provision and drought policy, and in the United States, where she studies policies encouraging the adoption of electric vehicles. Prior to her studies at Harvard, Cassandra worked as a Research Associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. Cassandra holds an undergraduate degree in applied mathematics and economics from Brown University.