Mexico Women’s National Squad member and Tigres defender forms part of the EGADE Business School Class of 2020, graduating from the Master in Business Management.

By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Greta Espinoza transformed 2020 into a year of success.

December brought her the prospect of reaping not one, but two rewards: next week she will be graduating from the Master in Business Management (MBM) at EGADE Business School and playing in the Grand Final of the Women’s Liga MX.

As a result, the 25-year-old soccer player, who comes from Tijuana, Baja California, will be celebrating all the effort and hard work she has invested in earning a graduate degree together with the pursuit of her third championship with Tigres Women.

“Studying a master’s was always part of my plans,” commented the defender, who wears number 4 with the feline team.

From the very beginning of her university life, soccer and academic studies have gone hand in hand. As an undergraduate, Greta studied business administration and played soccer at Arizona Western College and Oregon State University in the United States.

Her outstanding performance led her to be called up to the Mexico National Women’s team when she was just 16 years old, and to début as a professional with the Spanish club Levante in 2017.

“In the National Squad, one of my teammates (Cristina Ferral) was studying the Master in Finance, which intrigued me. Then, while I was in Spain the opportunity arose to play in Mexico and also study at EGADE,” she explained.

After joining Club Tigres in 2018, Espinoza enrolled in the Master in Business Management in 2019, as part of the second generation of this renowned program at the Monterrey site of EGADE Business School, and had the chance to complete a corporate immersion at Accenture.

“Now that I have finished my studies, I feel that this was the best decision I could have made. The MBM changed me professionally and personally. It has given me a different perspective of business and more tools to have a greater impact on the people around me and on the world,” she said.

According to Espinoza, “A business has to represent you as a person, reflect your ethics, your values, your passion, generate shared value and support a social cause."

Discover more about Greta Espinoza’s experience and studies in this video.