Primary Job Title Co-Founder Primary Organization 
The Cube Athens
Location Athens, Attiki, Greece Regions European Union (EU), Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Female
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Maria is the Co - Founder at The Cube Workspace, Athens’ largest co-working community, which hosts some of Greece’s best experts in technology.
The Cube is also home to most of Athens’ technology events, hackathons, innovation sessions and training events.
Through coding and business bootcamps, The Cube is creating the next generation of top
tier coders and businessmakers.
Prior to this Maria had cofounded Greece’s first coworking community, coLab Athens with her partner Stavros Messinis.
Maria is also a member of the Startup Weekend – Global Facilitation Team, and she has been involved with Startup Weekend since 2009, having facilitated over 20 events around the world in cities such as Torino, Athens, Volos, Larissa, Thessaloniki, Vlasic, Utrecht, Copenhagen, Limerick.
Her first business was also founded at a Startup Weekend and she has a lot to offer to the local and International Startup scene playing active role in the community, with her expertise & open minded approach.
Maria was invited to join as a fellow to the RSA community in 2016 which provides a platform for the world's leading thinkers, sharing their ideas online, while the Action and Research Centre searches for new and innovative ways to solve society’s greatest challenges.
Maria loves challenges and connecting with new people with the same mindset as her own and turning from nothing into something huge & impactful.
Her motto "It's suppose to be Hard. If it wasn't hard everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it Great"
Maria is a mother to two young boys Panos 12 & Georgie 10, loves to travel and staying fit & active, and loves trying out extreme sports."
