Lourdes Gil Deza

Lourdes Gil Deza is a doctoral student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, concentrating in Education Policy and Program Evaluation. She trained as an elementary school teacher and holds a B.A. in Education and M.A. in Education with a quantitative research focus from Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina. Before joining HGSE, Lourdes taught in elementary school classrooms and worked as a research assistant and consultant on projects examining teacher beliefs, teacher education, student learning, and education policy in Latin America. Through her research, she is interested in understanding how teacher preparation and teachers’ beliefs shape classroom practices, student learning, and educational equity. She is deeply interested in designing and evaluating evidence-based interventions that strengthen teaching and education systems, particularly in low and middle-income countries.