Biography
Diana Covarrubias knew she loved numbers. During her undergraduate experience, she discovered her passion for economics in partnership with her experience in business administration. However, her career path quickly narrowed as she became limited in programs to continue her love of learning. This road block quickly led her to a career fair where she soon learned about Goizueta’s 10-month Master of Finance program, completely changing her trajectory.
“My reasoning behind choosing the masters in finance program is because I always wanted a career that had a lot of math and analytical work in it,” Diana says. “I just fell in love with the idea that it mixed together business and analytical work in math and computer science, which is something that I always had the interest in, but I never got the opportunity to do.”
While Emory was already close to home, the finance masters degree also offered Diana a way to learn more about the world of finance, including enhancing her current skillset. “During my time at Emory I feel like I have learned so much, not only in learning finance, but I'm also learning hard skills like coding and how to create a DCF models,” Diana says. “Just being here, I feel like I learned so much, and I could keep up and have a one-hour conversation with someone talking to them about finance.”
Diana’s confidence in learning the industry has only grown in the program with her ultimate goal of obtaining a job that combines finance and economics. “I'm looking at jobs like treasury consulting because that has to do a lot with certain economic concepts like foreign exchange and markets.”
Many of Goizueta’s programs are known for being smaller in nature, providing more opportunities for students to get to know their professors, create stronger cohorts and enable productive networking. The Master of Finance program at Goizueta is no different, something Diana found refreshing and helped calm her nerves entering the program.
“All of my professors know my name, even if I'm quiet in class, they'll know your name,” Diana says. “I feel like the small-by-design makes you feel important. I thought that that was a very important aspect to this program that made me feel more comfortable.”