Maria Escorcia is the Vice President, Relationship Manager, for Global Philanthropy, J.P. Morgan Chase & Company in Southeast Florida. She earned her Master's Degree in International Development from the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA).

At Global Philanthropy, she manages the firm’s philanthropy portfolio for Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. Before joining J.P. Morgan Chase, she previously worked for Ashoka, an organization dedicated to supporting social entrepreneurs around the world. She has also worked for Cementos Argos, a large Colombian multinational corporation, where she designed and implemented a project that aimed to eradicate child labor in rural mining areas. 

Escorcia received a full merit scholarship from the Center for Latin American Studies, while at GSPIA. She also participated in the United Nations Headquarters Internship Program in New York City, where she worked in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. She was one of the recipients of GSPIA's Four Under 40 Award in 2016. 

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Founded in 1957, the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public & International Affairs (GSPIA) is one of the largest and most comprehensive schools of its type in the United States. It offers an exceptional breadth of academic programs, covering topics as diverse as international security and nonprofit management. Uniquely, it allows students to pursue both a major and a minor at the graduate level, making it possible to study a wide variety of fields and subfields in international affairs, international development, and public administration.

GSPIA is home to some of the leading research centers in its field, including the Matthew Ridgway Center for International Security Studies, the Ford Institute for Human Security, the Center for Disaster Management, the Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership and the Center for Metropolitan Studies. Along with their degrees, students may also pursue certificates in the study of a major world region, including Africa, Asia, Latin America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, and the European Union.

To learn more about GSPIA and its programs, please click here.