Ava Gomez is the Marketing and Digital Media Specialist at the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics. She manages BFI’s social media, website, and email content, and helps promote research, events, and news. She works closely with teams across the Institute to create clear, engaging content that connects economics research with a wider audience.

Ava earned her B.S. in Advertising from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in May 2021. Her previous experience includes working as a Communications Contractor for Whirlpool Manufacturing in Amana, Iowa, and completing a Social Media Marketing internship with GiGi’s Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement Center in the Quad Cities.

Contact: avagomez@uchicago.edu