Joaquín Sánchez Gómez is an MA candidate in economics at CUNY’s City College of New York. He received a BA in economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He’s been a research assistant at CUNY’s Graduate Center and a consultant at the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Inter-American Development Bank, the Mexican Senate, and several government agencies. Previously, Sánchez Gómez was a lecturer at UNAM’s School of Economics, where he taught Introduction to Economic Theory and Mexican Economy. He is a member of the Labor and Employment Relations Association, the Latin American Studies Association, and the Urban Economics Association. His research focuses on industrial policy, labor economics, and regional development. His most notable research was published by the ILO, UNAM, the Belisario Dominguez Institute, and one of the most prestigious economics journals in Spanish, El Trimestre Económico.