As a Leadership Coach, Maria’s goal is to serve as a partner and energy source for self-awareness and momentum toward a life fulfilled. She works with clients on living with intention, expanding communication skills, strengthening relationships, exploring choice, and embracing the discomfort (and excitement) of the unknown. Maria comes to coaching with 20+ years of experience in advertising, experiential marketing, brand strategy and most currently as Project Director at Brand Intersection Group working with emerging and high growth brands.Maria is an International Coaching Federation Associate Certified Coach (ACC) and a graduate of the Leadership Coaching for Organizational Performance program at American University. She is certified in DiSC, 12 Driving Forces, and Emotional Quotient (EQ) leadership assessments and ultimately believes that any assessment that expands self-awareness and actionable insights is a good one."How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top” – Yvon Chouinard