Q:Facts:   - repec id: pbo207    - institution: united progress states congress joint economic committee center for american    - field: labor economics      - birth date: 1970    - repec prefix: f    - name: heather boushey    - nationality: american    - image: heather boushey.jpg    - birth place: seattle , washington , united states    - alma mater: hampshire research ph.d. -rrb- college -lrb- b.a. -rrb- new school for social   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of heather boushey .
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heather marie boushey -lrb- born 1970 -rrb- is the executive director and chief economist at the washington center for equitable growth , a research center founded to accelerate cutting-edge analysis into whether and how structural changes in the u.s. economy , particularly related to economic inequality , affect economic growth , and senior fellow at the center for american progress , a u.s. think tank .