Mark Jayson Martinez Farol

I’m Mark Jayson Farol, an economist, artist, scientist, musician, and statistician working at the intersection of data, policy, and creative expression.

I grew up in a rural community in the Philippines, close to both the sea and the jungle, and I now live in Las Vegas. I earned my master’s degree in Quantitative Business Economics from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where I served as a graduate assistant and research collaborator in the Department of Economics, mentored undergraduates on empirical research projects, and represented my class as a student speaker at commencement. My academic work centers on higher education, finance, and access, and my paper, Revisiting Bennett’s Hypothesis: The Unintended Effects of Student Financial Aid on the Cost of College, was published in Spectra Undergraduate Research Journal in 2025.

My work moves across research, teaching, and the arts. Alongside economics and quantitative analysis, I maintain an active creative practice in music, film, and performance, with public work that includes acting, singing, and dancing.

I care about understanding how systems shape human lives, then translating that understanding into work that is rigorous, expressive, and useful. Whether I’m building research, mentoring students, or creating art, I’m driven by the same goal: to connect logic with humanity and turn complexity into meaning.