PHOTO BY KING MARVINO

María is a New York-based illustrator, art director and senior designer originally from Argentina.

Currently, she works for The Washington Post’s Style section and collaborates with different desks across the newsroom. From 2019 to 2022, she was lead Art Director for The Lily, a publication by The Washington Post dedicated to elevate stories critical to women’s lives.

Before joining The Post, María worked with the marketing team at Florida’s Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, an 80-year-old nonprofit focused on preserving biodiversity. Previously, she worked for clients such as Cartoon Network, Discovery, Home & Health and Kellogg’s.

María holds a graphic design degree from the Fine Arts University of La Plata, Argentina, and specialized in illustration at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain.