Maria is an entrepreneur in the death literacy and grief advocacy space. As the founder of Philotimo Life, she works to influence social and educational policies around grief and bereavement as a way to modernize death policy and to support the overwhelming grief that will pervade society over the next generation.

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She is the Vice Curator at the World Economic Forum, Global Shapers Toronto Hub, is a committee member for Hospice Toronto, and is a board member with Nightingale Centre for Grieving Children.