Maria trained at Doreen Bird College.

Her theatre work includes: Flashdance - Dance captain & Associate Choreographer alongside Arlene Phillips, Original West End cast (Shaftesbury Theatre) Into the Hoods - Understudied & Played Spinderella, Original West End Cast (Novello Theatre) Daddy Cool - Young Ma Baker, Dance Captain and Resident Choreographer, Original West End Cast (Shaftesbury Theatre, & International Tour) TAG - Me vs The City, (Saddlers Wells & UK Tour) Saturday Night Fever - Dance Captain & played Maria, (Apollo West End) Notre Dame de Paris (Int. Tour) Bounce Saddlers Wells & Int. Tour), VH1 Diva's Concert (MGM Grand Las Vegas) Storm, (Mandalay Bay Las Vegas) San Francisco Ballet (Corps de ballet & Soloist)Commercial Credits Include: Beyonce, Jay Z, The Pussy Cat Dolls, Alexandra Burke, Fergie, Kanye West,Kelis, Geri Halliwell, Alesha Dixon, Lady GaGa, Leona Lewis, George Michael, T.I, Mary J Blige, Snoop Dogg, Alicia Keys, Britney Spears and Whitney Houston.

Choreographic credits include: Cher Lloyd, Emile Sande, Labrinth, The Saturdays, Timbaland, Hunderby (Sky 1), Uncle (Ch4), Starlings (Sky) (Ballet Shoes (BBC1)