An ardent mixed reality fan and hackathon-participant, she has been developing HoloLens prototypes for education and commerce outside of work. Before moving to Seattle area, Marianna worked on growing mixed reality community in Boise, ID and assisted Idaho Virtual Reality Council in organizing the first VR/AR hackathon in Idaho. Marianna is a Google Scholar and received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Computer Science from Boise State University.