Maria is a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB). She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from Kent State University in 2013 and her Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) from Frontier Nursing University in September 2022. Before becoming an FNP, Maria served as a Registered Nurse in the United States Air Force for 10 years. Her diverse nursing experience spans emergency care, burn-trauma, medical-surgical, PACU, family medicine, flight medicine, and deployment medicine. Maria is passionate about delivering exceptional care to patients of all ages. In her free time, she enjoys exploring new adventures with her husband and three children.