Chrissie Pantoja earned her bachelor’s degree in economics from the Universidad del Pacífico (Peru) and completed her master’s in environmental economics at Duke University (US). Currently, she is pursuing a Ph.D. in Environmental Policy and Economics at Duke University. Her professional experience includes five years as a research assistant in the Environmental Economics Department at her alma mater in Peru. Consequently, she served as a consultant in Environment, Natural Resources, and Blue Economy for Latin America and the Caribbean and the Global divisions at the World Bank in Washington, D.C.