Estefanía Luján Padilla is a research associate at the Free Market Institute. She earned her B.A. in Economics with a minor in Finance from the Universidad Francisco Marroquín (UFM) in Guatemala and a M.S. in Agricultural and Applied Economics at Texas Tech University. Prior to joining Texas Tech University, she served as Project Coordinator at the School of Economic Sciences at UFM, a staff researcher at UFM Market Trends, and provided research assistance for projects focused on issues in Guatemala. She has also served as an instructor at the School of Economic Sciences and Henry Hazlitt Center at UFM. Her email address is estefania.lujan-padilla@​ttu.edu.