Bio
Orlando is pursuing a Ph.D. in political science and focuses on international political economy, international trade and formal theory through the American politics subfield. He has an M.S. in applied economics from Florida State University.
His research examines how presidents’ electoral incentives influence the distributional consequences of trade policy across firms and how delegation to bureaucratic agencies transmits these incentives into implementation. Orlando has more than eight years of working experience working in advocacy on behalf of local government in Florida.