Mauricio Leyva
Junior Professional Associate
Mauricio Leyva is a native New Yorker of Colombian and Peruvian descent. He earned the Posse Foundation full-tuition scholarship to attend Lafayette College and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs. He then received a scholarship to attend Babson College's Business Edge Program that teaches entrepreneurship. From there he started at an entry level job at Lehman Brothers. After the financial crisis he went to work at the World Bank where he is currently a Junior Professional Associate with the Growth & Crisis Group. On his free time he serves on the board of the National Society of Hispanic MBA's for the DC Chapter and also serves on the Washington, DC's Posse Foundation board. Mauricio is passionate about finance, capital markets, business, international development, and education.
