Maria was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She has called Northeast Florida home since 2012. After completing her fellowship in Gastroenterology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN in 2011 she joined Mayo Clinic Florida as staff physician in April 2012. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine. In addition to a busy clinical practice in Gastroenterology she has various Mayo Clinic institutional and enterprise leadership roles in Accreditation, Supply Chain, Equipment and Clinical Practice.
Maria is active in the community as a medical volunteer at Volunteers in Medicine in downtown Jacksonville.
Maria and her husband live in Ponte Vedra with their two sons, who attend Veritas. In her free time Maria enjoys spending time with her family, working in the yard taking care of her fruit trees and cooking.