Ana Patricia Muñoz is the Executive Director of Grupo FARO, non-partisan Ecuadorian research center that influences public policy and promotes practices for social transformation and innovation. Before joining Grupo FARO, Ana Patricia was an Assistant Vice President at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston where she served as Director of Research Community Development Department. Ana Patricia has written more than 18 research reports, book chapters and articles published in academic journals, and is frequently invited to give conferences and seminars. She holds a MPA from Brown University, a Ms. in Economics from the University of Montreal and a BS. in Economics from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.