Maria received her Bachelor of Science from the University of Michigan, and relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a Master of Architecture from UCLA. She graduated from UCLA in 2015 with the top thesis prize, and since then has worked in the Los Angeles offices of SOM and most recently as a Project Architect at NBBJ. She has worked within a diverse range of programmatic spheres including government, office, medical, and educational buildings.
Currently Maria works in the office of Social Studies Projects as a project architect, focusing on smaller scale and residential projects. She is a licensed architect in California and Michigan and works on ceramics in her spare time.