Maria graduated from De La Salle University Manila with a degree in BS Computer Science with specialization in Software Technology and worked as a Software Engineer in Accenture Philippines for 8 years. She was an Associate Manager when she left. Since then, Maria moved on to teaching in the hopes of providing quality education to aspiring software engineers among the Filipino youth in order to help fill the gap in sourcing of skilled software developers in our country. She is currently the Assistant Principal at iACADEMY Senior High School, but continue to teach subjects related to software development.