Data Analyst, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Catalina Vasquez is a doctoral student in Higher Education Leadership and Policy. Her research focuses on enhancing data-informed policy decisions regarding labor market returns and degree completion rates in postsecondary education attainment. In addition, she examines dual enrollment pathways between high schools and community colleges, how community college students respond to state and institutional transfer policies and labor market returns to different types of postsecondary degrees and noncredit programs. Her research has been funded by the Greater Texas Foundation.
Catalina earned her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Master’s in Public Policy from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. She has several years of experience as an analyst in the State of California, including her most recent role as a Strategic Enrollment Data Analyst for Cal Poly. During her master’s studies, she had the privilege of delivering a keynote address on Emerging Issues in Higher Education at the Western Political Science Association Conference.