Valentina Solano is the Senior Program Associate for the Macro Finance Research Program (MFR), where she plans and executes MFR events, special projects and activities, and day-to-day operational tasks. She also provides administrative support for Professor Lars Peter Hansen. Before joining the MFR Program, Valentina managed public events for a space rental program with the Arts & Public Life Initiative and was an administrative assistant for a professor in the Department of Visual Arts (DOVA). Valentina received her BA in Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago.