Maria received her Master of Science in Nursing: Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Degree from Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, IL.  Maria has served as a patient and family advocate, dedicated to caring for and educating patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings in multiple levels of acuity for over 11 years.

Maria is a Board Certified Nurse Practitioner by The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), and is also certified in Basic and Advance Cardiac Life Support through The American Heart Association.  She is a member of The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), American Nurses Association of Illinois (ANA) and The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR).