Maria has worked for Desert Doula Birth and Postpartum Services both as a doula and as the President of their Board of Directors. She has worked as a doula at Flagstaff Medical Center in Flagstaff and the Birth and Women's Health Center, Tucson Medical Center, University Medical Center, Northwest Hospital and St. Joseph's Hospital in Tucson. Her experiences have ranged from working with single teenagers who only spoke Spanish to women with huge networks of support and rooms full of loving family members.

Her awe for the miracle of pregnancy and birth never ceases and is always honored when she is asked to be part of a birth as a doula. She regards birth, this culmination of pregnancy and the beginning of motherhood as one of the most challenging yet fulfilling moments in a woman's life. Maria's experience as a doula ranges from supporting women who choose to have a natural birth with no medication to births with many and necessary medical interventions