Joe Moita

UCLA, Anderson School of Management

“I’m an aspiring real estate developer with a background in law.”

Hometown: Clayton, California

Fun Fact About Yourself: I grew up raising cows, goats, and sheep!

Undergraduate School and Major: Columbia University, Economics; Penn Law

Most Recent Employer and Job Title: Associate Real Estate Attorney at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

UCLA Anderson is founded on the Three Pillars: Share Success, Think Fearlessly, and Drive Change. Which pillar resonates most with you and why? Share Success resonates the most with me. Whether in school, work, or family, I believe the success of those around me translates into success for me.

What makes Los Angeles such a great place to earn an MBA? The opportunity to move back to the West Coast and build a network near the Bay Area, where I was born – but in a bigger city – is what made Los Angeles my top choice.

Aside from your classmates and location, what was the key part of UCLA Anderson’s MBA programming that led you to choose this business school and why was it so important to you?

Anderson’s extensive real estate curriculum and programing are what led me to choose UCLA. As someone who wants to be a real estate developer in California, Anderson provided the best program to meet my goals.

What course, club or activity excites you the most at UCLA Anderson (and why)? I’m most excited to become an active member of the Association for Real Estate at Anderson (AREA), so that I can continue to grow my real estate network in California.

Describe your biggest accomplishment in your career so far: The biggest accomplishment in my career so far is learning to practice real estate finance law during 2021. At that time, the real estate finance market was red hot, so I worked on a ton of interesting deals in a short amount of time.

What do you hope to do after graduation (at this point)? Work in real estate development or finance.

What advice would you give to help potential applicants gain admission into UCLA Anderson’s MBA program? Potential applicants should start their admission work early, say, two years before matriculation, as there are a lot of requirements in the application package.

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