She was born in Santiago de Chile (1984). She graduate in 2007 at the Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile in Art Direction. In 2015 she complete her studies in Florence obtaining a MFA in Jewellery and Body Ornaments at Alchimia Jewellery School, supported by a scholoarship from the Chilean Ministry of Culture (Fondart). In 2018 she is invited to Khio, Oslo National Academy of Art, to take part to a special artist in residence program in the metal department. In the last years Maria have been traveling to America, Asia and Europe giving lectures and workshops. She is currently based in Florence where she teaches in Istituto Lorenzo de’ Medici in Florence and she travels for exhibitions and fairs.