Maria first was introduced to folk dance when she was 7 at the local group in Belarus, at the time dancing for only couple of years.  The love for Ukrainian dance developed when she moved to Canada and joined Vohnets Ukrainian dance group.  Wanting to continue to grow she joined Nadiya Ukrainian Dance Ensemble. During her 20+ years of dance career, she performed throughout Canada, US, Latin America and Europe.  Maria was a member of numerous performance collaboration with Yunist State Ensemble from Lviv, Ukraine.  She took part in workshops with different state ensembles of Ukraine, such as Volyn Song & Dance Ensemble, Yunits State Ensemble, Virsky among a few.  Over last 8 years Maria has been teaching Ukrainian dance in Edmonton.  Until 2022 she was one of the lead instructors at Trembita Art School and in 2019 she took over as an Artistic Director for Yatran Dance Academy.  Maria constantly looking for ways to improve as an instructor by attending instructor workshops in Canada and Ukraine, taking courses on body development, ballet techniques, stretching and other forms of fitness.  But most importantly she wants to continue to share vibrant Ukrainian culture with the world.