María Pía I.

Maria Pia Iocco is an enthusiastic and young economist. She holds an MSc in Economics from the University of Amsterdam, with a specialisation in public policy and a thesis in regional migration and growth. Currently, she is looking for a full-time position related to microfinance & development. During her studies, she was always involved in social activities: she participated several times building houses and public infrastructure, preparing students from low-income families to take the university admission tests, volunteering at the monitoring and evaluation department of Technoserve, interning at an educational foundation and the public sector, and leading a few projects to benefit employees, students and the community of the university. Pia also has three years full-time job experience in the financial sector, where she put into practice her theoretical knowledge acquired during university, managed projects concurrently, took programming classes and learnt about planning and budgeting. She participated developing products for the non-covered population who can benefit from the financial sector.