Maria hails from Madrid, Spain where she studied Visual Arts at the prestigious Jaime Ferran College. She came to the U.S. in 2005 to study Conema Production at Los Angeles City College. Upon Completing her studies, Maria began her career in post-production on the award winning short film Side Effect, editing and designing titles for the film’s trailer. She went on to edit one of the finalist entries that formed The Experimental Witch, a feature film based on the book by bestselling author Paul Coelho, which premiered at the Rome Film Festival. She teamed up with Project Director Walter Dominguez in 2008 working as an editor and motion graphics designer on his documentary Feature Weaving the Past: Journey of Discovery.