About this Artist

Pronouns: she/her

Maria-Ines began working with children while living in San Francisco where she earned her Montessori Teaching Certificate. She holds a BA in Performance and Language Arts and a Masters in Teaching from Bennington College. Currently, Maria works as a teaching artist for different arts organizations in the area, such as Wolf Trap Institute (2004- present), summers at Levine School of Music (2006-2017), Sitar (2013-2017), and Kennedy Center for the Arts (2017-present). She is a graduate of the Teaching Artist Institute, Arts Education in Md. Schools (AEMS), and Arts for Learning Maryland, formerly Young Audiences of Maryland. Having grown up both in Washington DC and Argentina, Maria is a native speaker and conducts classes in both English and Spanish. Her goal is to continue writing curriculum that will enhance and support the arts, education, and community to a wide group of people.