The Guided Learning Studio closed in the Spring of 2026.

Maria is an accomplished educator who brings a wealth of academic excellence, teaching expertise and a proven record of private instruction.   

Maria is a former bilingual primary teacher and elementary mathematics coach.  She worked in schools in Houston,  Boston, and Phoenix.  While working for Boston Public Schools, she completed a M.Ed. in Learning and Teaching at Harvard Graduate School of Education.

During her ten-years of teaching and working as an elementary mathematics coach, Maria continued to tutor small groups of students before or after school in reading and mathematics. In 2018, she completed a M.Ed. in Gifted Education at Arizona State University. Since leaving the classroom, Maria has enjoyed providing enrichment learning activities for her three children.