Marielle is a Ph.D. student in Population and Social Policy at Princeton University. She holds a BA in Linguistics with minors in Statistics and Computer Science from McGill University. She has worked for several years as a research assistant in the Research Program in Historical Demography at the University of Montreal, which focuses on population reconstruction and vital record linkage. Her research interests include intergenerational transmission of sociodemographic characters such as propensity to migrate, age at first marriage, and final descendance in either historical or contemporary contexts.