Gracia is the Data Scientist at Resound Research for Reproductive Health. She has 15+ years of experience in data analysis, statistical modeling, and in using causal inference methods to study the impact of different policies. In her role at Resound Research, she has been involved in projects assessing the impact of Senate Bill 8 on Texans seeking abortion out-of-state, the impact of an executive order banning abortions in Texas during Covid-19 on abortion care and led the design of a discrete-choice experiment to understand what Texans prioritize and the trade-offs they make when seeking out-of-state care. She has also been involved in quantitative research focused on understanding knowledge, preferences, and barriers to accessing contraceptive care in Mississippi.
Prior to working on reproductive healthcare, Gracia’s research focused on understanding socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in infant, child, and adult mortality in the US and the impact different policies had on these health outcomes. She also worked as an economist and researcher at the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and the Honduran government. In those roles, she collaborated in measuring the impact of different policies and programs on education, labor, health, and immigration outcomes in Latin American countries. Gracia received her PhD in Sociology with specializations in Demography and Population Health from the University of Texas at Austin and her master’s degree in Economics with a focus in Applied Econometrics from Duke University.
Gracia believes in the value of high-quality data and research. In her role at Resound Research, Gracia applies rigorous quantitative methods to shed light on the current situation of reproductive health in Texas, the barriers people are facing, and the impact of policies with the aim of identifying ways to improve access for all.
