Norma A. Padrón, PhD

PhD Economist and Entrepreneur with expertise in leveraging emerging technologies to drive innovation in healthcare analytics, enterprise software, and AI solutions. Founder of EmpiricaLab, a Techstars and Mount Sinai Innovation Partners-backed company. My experience spans academia, private sector leadership, and venture partnerships, with a focus on product development, strategic partnerships, and advancing future technologies.

I am a Venture Partner at No Border Ventures, Entrepreneur in Residence at Yale Ventures, and adjunct faculty at the I-Corps Innovation Bootcamp in New York. I actively mentor early-stage companies through the Diversity Innovation Hub NYC and Draper House Americas and serve on the board of Consilium Bots, a globally recognized nonprofit leveraging AI to advance education in Latin America.

I hold a PhD from Yale University, a master's in public health from Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, and a master's in economics from Duke University. I earned my bachelor's degree in economics and mathematics from the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley.