Maria is a native of Las Vegas and graduated from Bonanza High School with advanced diploma and honors. She then graduated with an Associate of Arts degree from the College of Southern Nevada in 2007. Maria attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she was in the Dean’s Honor Roll and received her dual bachelor degrees in Psychology and Criminal Justice and a minor in general Spanish in 2011. As a child, Maria lived in a town near Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico where she attended elementary school. In her free time, Maria loves to spend time with family and friends, travel, play soccer, exercise, and do volunteer work. Joanne Tiu- Legal Assistant