Lucero is a former research assistant at the Ecological Approaches to Social Emotional Learning (EASEL Lab) and at the Settings for Early Education and Development (SEED Lab) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology, a master’s degree in psychology from Universidad de Los Andes, and a master’s in education from HGSE. 

Before coming to Harvard, she worked as a project manager in the Evaluation center at Los Andes University. There, Lucero assessed school climate and social-emotional competencies in elementary school students. Previously, she was a project coordinator at the Ministry of Education in Colombia, where she participated in the first national quality measurement of early childhood education services.

Lucero is interested in social-emotional development in childhood and in peer interactions as mechanisms to foster positive behaviors. Additionally, she is interested in building educational interventions to promote healthy school environments.