Silvana Yarrington Pacchiano

Silvana Yarrington Pacchiano is an RET Operations Associate at J-PAL Global, where she supports the Education team within the Research, Education, and Training (RET) vertical. In this role, she contributes to the operations of two initiatives: the MITx MicroMasters in Data, Economics, and Design of Policy (DEDP) and the MIT Master’s in DEDP. 

Prior to joining J-PAL, Silvana worked at Workspace Global, an outsourcing platform that connects global organizations with African creative talent, where she served as Revenue & Market Development Consultant (Revenue Lead). Her work focused on revenue operations, market expansion, and organizational growth strategy.

Silvana received a B.A. from Harvard University with a double concentration in Government and Economics, along with a language citation in French. Her honors thesis examined the gap between countries’ international climate pledges and their domestic emissions reductions. At Harvard, she also worked as a research assistant and Peer Advising Fellow, where she supported undergraduate mentorship.