Maria Andriasova-Esparza has over 20 years of experience as New York City Wall Street Financial and Administrative professional, where she worked directly for Robert Soros and George Soros at Soros Fund Management LLC and for George Walker IV of The Walker-Bush Family at The Greene Group at Neuberger Berman LLC. Maria started her financial career as a finance and administration analyst working for the Government of Japan (Nittsu) and for the Family of the President of South Korea, Chairman Chey Family Office, Sunkyong SK Group. Born in Moscow, USSR, Maria graduated from The Juilliard School in New York City as a Concert Pianist and became the Laureate of the most prestigious prize in the field of the Arts, The Gulbenkian Prize, Lisbon Portugal, at the age of 18. She came to live in New York City from Moscow at invitations of the U.S. Senators Jacob Javits, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and Edward Kennedy. Maria brings the combination of international culture, classical music, and finances to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Prior to moving to Santa Fe in 2023, where she now resides with her husband, Maria spent 10 years working as Director of Family Office at ZS Fund L.P., a private equity fund based in New York City specializing in U.S. investments in China.