{"id":7876,"date":"2023-04-25T09:15:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T16:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/?page_id=7876"},"modified":"2025-05-12T12:03:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T19:03:38","slug":"alex-balcazar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/about\/alex-balcazar\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Balcazar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--spotlight image-left\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--spotlight\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"text-image-container\">\n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Data Analyst II<br \/>\nPronouns: he\/him\/his<br \/>\nEmail: abalcaza@usc.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/03\/Alex-e1679345180486-768x768.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/03\/Alex-e1679345180486-1280x1280.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/03\/Alex-e1679345180486-768x768.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Portrait of Alex Balcazar\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Alex Balcazar is a Data Analyst II at the USC Equity Research Institute where he primarily produces analyses for the National Equity Atlas. His work focuses on economic inclusion and regional equity. In 2024, Alex co-authored a piece with Manuel Pastor for the London School of Economics Inequalities Blog entitled, \u201cTo heal our fragmented economic system, we must look to deeper aspects of our human nature\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining ERI, Alex worked as a Senior Consultant for the Baha\u2019i International Development Organization and as a Data Analyst Intern at the City of Garland, Texas Economic Development Department. Alex\u2019s research has been published in academic journals including the Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences and Public Health.<\/p>\n<p>Alex holds a Master\u2019s degree in Public Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington, a Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Systems from the University of California, San Diego, and a BA in Sociology from the University of Texas at El Paso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":0,"parent":5944,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7876","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alex Balcazar - USC Equity Research Institute (ERI)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/about\/alex-balcazar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alex Balcazar - 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