María José Luengo-Prado is a research fellow of the Instituto Complutense de Análisis Económico. Previously, she served as a senior economist and policy advisor for the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston for nearly a decade. Her research interests include macroeconomics, household finance, housing, education, and labor. Before joining the Boston Fed, Luengo-Prado was an associate professor at Northeastern University and an assistant professor at Universidad Carlos III. She holds a PhD in economics from Brown University, an MA in economics from the KU Leuven in Belgium, and a licenciatura in economics from the University of Salamanca in Spain.