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Alejandra Lopez-Fernandini was a Senior Policy Analyst in the Asset Building Program at the New America Foundation until leaving in the summer of 2010. Her primary responsibilities included conducting research and analysis on policies related to short-term savings needs and managing the AutoSave pilot.

Ms. Lopez-Fernandini has a background in anti-hunger, anti-poverty, and community development programs and policies. She has served as a Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellow, performed field research in Peru on maternal and child health, and conducted new business development and program evaluation with the Academy for Educational Development. While in graduate school, she focused on social policy and conducted empirical research assessing the wealth-building potential of various homeownership strategies in North Carolina. She holds a B.A. in anthropology from the University of Notre Dame and a master’s of public policy from the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University.