Maria is the inaugural PyPI Support Specialist at the PSF. Prior to PSF, she has worked at the Brain and Creativity Institute at USC working on the neuroscience of creativity. Maria is also the founder of The Magic Light Bulb, Inc., a tech and product consulting firm. Maria has also worked in various roles in tech starting from technical project specialists to technical product management. Maria is also a classically trained performer who has trained in theatre and performing arts with the faculty of the Moscow Art Theatre School and American Rep Theatre at Harvard University and has performed in numerous theater and film productions around the world. She received her first Master’s degree in Information Systems and Technology from Claremont Graduate University, and her second Master’s in Neuroimaging and Informatics from USC. Maria has also studied neuroscience and theatre as an undergraduate at University of New Mexico.