Carlos Fernando Avenancio-León is an assistant professor of finance at the University of California San Diego and a nonresident scholar at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. He is an economist whose agenda focuses on how complex institutional structures mask or generate economic inequality. In particular, his work addresses the relationship between political or financial institutions and economic redistribution, with special emphasis on its implications for disadvantaged communities. Avenancio-León received a Ph.D. in finance from the University of California, Berkeley and a J.D. from the University of Puerto Rico.