She has also worked as the Conservation Officer for the Methodist Church, which she describes as a challenging and wonderful experience on the conservation of listed chapels, urban and rural, dating from the 18th century onwards. Maria has a strong interest in vernacular buildings and settlements, in particular, those that are abandoned and have potential to be sustainably developed. In addition, she is also interested in architectural history and therefore for her PhD thesis she studied the interactive architectural influences between Medieval and Byzantine Church Architecture in 12th to 16th centuries, in Cyprus.