Economic Outreach Officer and Senior Business Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, El Paso Branch

Roberto Coronado is an economic outreach officer and senior business economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas in El Paso. Coronado oversees the branch's outreach activities through branch publications, presentations and speeches, public conferences, and economic education programs. His research at the Fed focuses on issues pertaining to the Mexican economy, the maquiladora industry, the U.S.–Mexico border economy and the West Texas and New Mexico economies. Coronado has written articles for various Federal Reserve publications and academic journals in both the United States and Mexico.

Coronado currently serves as the vice president for the Rio Grande Economics Association, the El Paso chapter for the National Association for Business Economics. Coronado is also a clinical assistant professor at the University of Texas at El Paso, where he teaches in the master’s of science in economics program. He obtained his PhD in economics from the University of Houston and holds a BBA in accounting and economics and a MS in economics—both from the University of Texas at El Paso.