Dr. Jaime Thomas joined Mathematica in 2010 after earning her Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, San Diego. Teaching English to Japanese high school students and fundamental reading and math skills to students of all ages with learning disabilities inspired Jaime to pursue graduate studies in economics and focus on education issues. As a project director, task leader, and researcher at Mathematica, Jaime studies the effects of K-12 and early education interventions on children, their families, and their communities. She has been involved in several high-profile education and early childhood projects, including the Impact Evaluation of Race to the Top and School Improvement Grants (RTT-SIG), the Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (Baby FACES), and several systematic reviews. Jaime has an extensive background in econometrics focusing on addressing threats to causal identification arising from non-experimental study designs as well as missing data. In addition to co-authoring several Mathematica project reports, briefs, and white papers, Jaime has published in a peer-reviewed journal, Economics of Education Review.