Miguel designs, implements, and directs program evaluations, standalone sector studies, and learning activities to promote evidence use for improved global development outcomes. His roles include technical and management responsibilities for tasks ranging from impact and performance evaluations to learning agendas and convenings of academic experts. He specializes in research and learning activities related to urban water, the environment, and democracy, rights, and governance. His work mainly supports U.S. government clients, such as the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).

Miguel is the deputy evidence-based programming lead for the Improving Design, Evidence and Learning (IDEAL) project, the NORC project director for the Environmental and Social Safeguarding Support (ES3) project, and the director of an impact evaluation (IE) of the USAID Indonesia Urban Resilient Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (IUWASH) Tangguh Activity. On IDEAL, NORC advances evidence-based programming to improve USAID’s ability to design, implement, and adaptively manage biodiversity conservation and climate change programming. Under ES3, NORC supports USAID operating units with social safeguarding. The IE of the IUWASH Tangguh Activity investigates the activity’s contributions to outcomes related to household water security, resilient city-level water services, and water resource management. Prior to these responsibilities, Miguel served as Project Director of the Latin America and Caribbean Learning and Rapid Response (LACLEARN) task order and supported evaluations of USAID land and resource governance activities under the Communications, Evidence, and Learning (CEL) project.

Prior to joining NORC, Miguel supported evaluations of MCC urban water programming in Lesotho and Tanzania and renewable energy programming in Indonesia as a senior program manager at Social Impact. Miguel has worked in different roles in support of over a dozen impact and performance evaluations and multiple monitoring and evaluation support platforms and global research and learning support activities. Miguel is a native English speaker and fluent Spanish speaker.