Maria has been teaching at UTS since 2012. She teaches the core subjects of Real Property and Civil Practice. Maria also taught as part of the PLT team at UTS from 2012 to 2023 training future lawyers in litigation, will drafting and in criminal practice. Maria holds a BA (history, philosophy and politics)/LLB, a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, and an LLM in Criminal law and Criminology from the University of New South Wales. She is admitted as a solicitor to the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia. Maria is also the principal of a boutique law firm. She has been a solicitor in private practice for more than 20 years. Her practice areas include litigation, wills and estates, property and criminal law.