Maria joined Make in 2020 and is the company’s in-house spatial psychologist. Prior to Make, she worked as a designer in a range of sectors throughout the UK, including education, laboratories, healthcare, workplace and residential developments.

Drawing on her combined experience in design, technology and psychology, she is responsible for developing Make’s social science and spatial analytics processes for a range of projects, including masterplanning, education, workplace, retail and civic projects. Maria has a Master’s of Environmental Psychology and is a member of Surrey University’s Environmental Psychology Research Group.

She also has a Master’s of Architecture from Victoria University of Wellington.