Growing up in a small town in Mexico, where most people still relied on a cash-only economy, I knew little about Finance and Banking.
Despite this, I had the fortune to pursue my dream of studying mathematics and becoming a Financial Quantitative Analyst. This has given me the opportunity to learn, grow, meet amazing people, and most importantly being able to give back and help others who are starting their own journey.
Before coming to the UK, I got an MSc and a BSc in Mathematics. In 2016, I graduated from the University of Warwick with a PhD in Mathematics/Statistics. I started my journey as a Quant at The Co-operative Bank, working on operational risk and credit score models. Then, I joined Barclays as a model developer focusing on statistical models for Corporate banking. I made the transition into Investment Banking by joining the CCR team at Barclays, and later at Bank of America. During those years, I worked on developing, monitoring, and benchmarking mathematical models for market and credit risk.
In 2021, I took on a new challenge by joining the front office Commodities Quant team at Citigroup. This gave me the opportunity to expand my view of the business as a whole. The same year, I became a mom and experienced the huge transformation that this conveys (full of challenges but also an incredible renewed enthusiasm, energy, and ambition). Currently, I work as a Cross-Asset Quant at BofA and dedicate my free time to writing, teaching, and mentoring.