While Maria was a student, she worked in a number of diverse roles. In college, she worked as a nursing aide in several nursing homes. She enjoyed supporting older adults especially those individuals whose family members were not actively involved in their daily care. In addition, she worked as a lab assistant for her biology professor studying mitochondrial activity of ‘Neurospora crassa’ (aka red bread mold). She worked as a teaching assistant for an epidemiology course in graduate school.

Maria began her career at Hillside as the Analysis Coordinator in the Quality Department in July 1991. She had responsibility for data analysis and leading quality improvement teams. Then, she participated in Hillside’s Transformation project from 1995 – 1996 serving as a member of Hillside’s Shared Vision and Redesign teams. Following Transformation, she worked in the Corporate Consultancy as Project Manager. In December 2003, Maria was appointed to the role of Chief Strategy & Quality Officer, in January, 2017 she was appointed Chief Operting Officer and was promoted to her current role in December, 2018.

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