Diego joined the Growth Lab at Harvard's Center for International Development as a part-time researcher in 2023. Before joining the Growth Lab, Diego graduated with a Ph.D. in Economics at Purdue University. In his thesis, he studied the impact of providing information to women to increase female labor participation.

He received his BA and MA degrees in Economics from Universidad del Rosario, Colombia. Diego has worked as a consultant at the World Bank, the IOM -International Organization of Migration, and Princeton University. He has also worked for three years at CAF-Latin American Bank in Colombia and Argentina. His research interests include development economics, migration, labor markets, and impact evaluation of policies.