Doctoral student awarded Miguel Velez Scholarship

Doctoral student Maria Sauval has been awarded a 2020 Miguel Velez Scholarship. 

Miguel Velez scholarships are awarded to students with outstanding academic performance and who are residents or citizens of a Latin American country. The scholarship provides resident fees and a stipend of $6,000 for spring quarter of the year of the award.

Sauval, who is a first-year doctoral student pursuing a specialization in Educational Policy and Social Context (EPSC), is a citizen of Uruguay. Her research interests include the social organization of early childhood care and education, and program evaluation to inform social policies, particularly in Latin American countries. 

Sauval received her B.S. in Economics from Universidad de la Republica Uruguay in Montevideo, and her M.A. in Public Policy from UCI. She is advised by Distinguished Professor Greg Duncan and Assistant Professor Jade Jenkins.