Hector H. Sandoval is a Research Assistant Professor and the Economic Analysis Program Director for the Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University of Florida.

Hector received a B.A. in Economics and M.A. in Economics and Public Policy from the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City Campus, and a M.Sc. in Economics and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2015. Before studying at UW-Madison, he worked for the Poverty Analysis Division of the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Coneval) in Mexico. He has also served as a consultant for the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Human Development Office, Mexico.

Hector’s research interests centers on Social interactions, Applied Microeconomics, Education, Poverty, and Program evaluation.