Sebastian Puerta is an alumnus of the University of Georgia where he studied economics. He currently works at Opportunity Insights, an economics research lab at Harvard University, where he works with Professor Raj Chetty to study upward mobility in the United States. Sebastian hopes to get his Ph.D. in economics and become a professor. He plans to use the insights obtained from his research to advocate for better and smarter policies to tackle poverty, inequality, and the lack of upward mobility in America.