Maria is an Architecture Masters Graduate (MАrch-RIBA Part II) from The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, London, UK where I earned distinction in my history and theory research thesis and I obtained my Bachelor degree from The University of Manchester (MSA) with a First Class Degree with Honours. I was also a scholarship recipient at Politecnico di Milano. During my studies, I was selected to represent the University of Manchester at the prestigious SINO-UK collaboration on Architectural Design that took place in Harbin, China. Together with Chinese students we developed the project for the redesign of Harbin Railway Station.  The project was commended and awarded by the Architectural Society of China and Cultural & Education Sector of British Embassy.

After graduation, I practiced for Team London Bridge and for MVRDV (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) as part of the Strategic Urban Planning Department.