Liliana Nikolova is an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the Texas Policy Lab where she works on projects gathering qualitative data and conducting qualitative analysis. She is currently studying Mathematical Economic Analysis at Rice University with minors in Financial Computation and Environmental Studies. She is passionate about understanding how quantitative reasoning and analysis can be applied to formulating effective public and financial policy. Before joining TPL, Lili worked as a data analyst assistant at Baylor College of Medicine, analyzing life-span trends of Drosophila flies using statistical software.