At University, she joined the Design Department to teach graphic expression and form analysis. Since her collaboration with the UNAV Art Museum project (MUN), she became interested in how museums could be a place to establish a dialogue about the city and its people, through local art. Her research interests include an inquiry into curation, and the diverse forms that art spaces can take –gallery, archive, workshop, or public square. She has recently been awarded with a First prize by the TWRB Foundation at EMMA Museum of Modern Art (Finland) in the competition ‘Sharing’, in partnership with Chiara Montgomerie. Maria holds a Master of Arts in History & Critical Thinking from the AA School in London.