Alejandrina Salcedo is Director of Economic Measurement at Banco de Mexico. Prior to her current position, she worked as Manager of the Real Sector Research Division and as a researcher at the Mexican Central Bank and as a World Bank summer consultant. Her research has focused on development topics including migration and education. Some of her studies have been published in relevant academic journals. She holds a PhD and an MA in economics from Stanford University, and she completed, with honors, her undergraduate studies at the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM) in Mexico City.