Maria is a multi-talented artist: designer, graphic artist, professional landscape, portrait and wedding photographer and published author (one book that she co-wrote reached the number one, best-selling book status in a specialized category on Amazon!) She works in many diverse genres and media such as fabric, wire, glass, ceramics, embroidery, cross stitch, needlepoint, fiber, watercolor and photography. She has studied fashion design at Kent State University in Kent Ohio and Interior Design at Cuyahoga Community College in Beechwood, Ohio. She has an extensive background in sewing which began when she was five years old under the loving care of her mother and grandmother, Maria was gifted her first, very own, Singer sewing machine by her mother when she was eight and the rest is history! In her leisure time Maria loves to quilt, make garments, create craft patterns, write, draw and do creative photography and editing. In addition to being the Creative Director for Let’s Make It!, she is also the Creative Director for the Off-Duty Fireman Clothing Company and is a U.S. Patent Holder.