Maria recently relocated her home and business from Providence to Newport, Rhode Island.  Newport is a sunny, vibrant, and diverse city-by-the-sea situated on an island.  This move is the fulfillment of a life-long dream to live near the ocean among like-minded souls. 

A seeker, dreamer, beach-lover, artist and aspiring manifest-er, her soul’s longings were encoded in one of her early drawings.  At age 6, a Catholic catechism assignment produced a primitive, yet accurate, depiction of Jesus’ miracle of the loaves and fishes.  She was convinced that it was a masterpiece and saved it for many years.  She continued to draw and worship and sun-bathe and dream until “reality” set in. 

Facing the choice between art school and business school, Maria set these pursuits aside in early adulthood to take the road more traveled.  She earned a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Delaware and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business.  Throughout her business career, she personally experienced the everyday stress that so many of us encounter in modern life. 

A series of emotional challenges and physical illnesses motivated her to look outside the traditional medical world for answers.  This search re-ignited the dual flames of spiritual and artistic passion, and inspired her to pursue a new life-path as a healer and an artist. 

Maria is a graduate of The Barbara Brennan School of Healing.  The school offers an accredited 4-year program that provides comprehensive training in energy healing as it relates to physical, emotional, mental and spiritual conditions.  Maria is also a Reiki Master-Teacher in the Usui Tradition of Natural Healing and an initiate of the Sisterhood of Light through the Temples of Isis. See Links for more information.