Currently the Co-founder and Partnership Strategist of E.thical (Yayasan Pratisara Bumi Lestari). Maria is involved in leveraging partnerships for E.thical as well as building ecosystem that will provide opportunities and access to targeted region. E.thical bridges economic empowerment gap in Indonesia by providing contextual entrepreneurship education programs for youth in peripheral areas in Indonesia and empowers them to create and run ethical businesses with innovation and people, planet and profit mindset. Its pilot program has been implemented in Flores, Indonesia in 2018-2019. Yayasan Pratisara Bumi Lestari also work with social enterprises, non-profit organizations, grassroots organizations to help them with their human resource development and their program designing.

She is also a design sprint facilitator at 1000startup digital Indonesia and led some design thinking workshops with E.thical. She was part of the strategic management of Hubud for 3.5 years, and responsible in leading the team which includes operations, partnerships, events curation and learning programs. She is the Partnership Lead of Coworking Unconference Asia (CU Asia). Her previous experience includes managing public-private partnership, as well as technical cooperation in government to government projects.

Working on these challenges:
- How to unleash citizens' inner power of action and reduce the intention-action gap?
- How to ensure equal access to opportunities regardless of one's background?
- How to transition to a low-carbon society and preserve our environment in a spirit of social justice?

Top 3 things I do in a day:
- Tagging people on Facebook & LinkedIn posts
- Selecting the right emoji on getemoji.com
- Being a better community building penguin

❤️ I enjoy connecting people together and then to see what happens. I love helping people grow as a person and grow their projects; by introducing them to resources, life-hacks, shortcuts, events, other people... anything I can do!

🌏🤹 Worked/studied in 7 countries and learning how to juggle with 4 balls!

With my passion for the environment and skills in strategic communications, I thrive in helpingsustainability-oriented organizations and good businesses expand their reach and amplify their impact. 

Passionate about systems change and ecosystem building, I design programs, experiences, and networks that facilitate collaboration among entrepreneurs and organisations with a mission to improve the world.

Based in Southeast Asia over the last 7 years, I have led a range of global programs, community-building efforts and campaigns in the region with a focus on sustainability and social innovation. Right now, I am building a network of diverse innovators and ecosystem actors in South & Southeast Asia focused on solving the systemic challenge of ocean plastic pollution (incubationnetwork.com). I am also a proud member and weaver across the Impact Hub Network, Impact Collective, Techstars APAC Community, DSIL Alumni & an Enspiral contributor.

At the intersection of cultures, I bring together multiple perspectives to find shared value and bridge understanding. I enjoy the challenge of mapping and influencing complex systems, weaving communities and connecting resources to create greater and more sustained impact. My professional experience spans consulting, international development, advocacy and storytelling, but with an academic background in anthropology, human-centered design is at the heart of my approach. I speak and write about issues I care about including the future of work, community building, regenerative futures and global citizenship.

In 2017 I started my own entrepreneurial journey and co-founded of Impact Hub Jakarta, a social innovation community and coworking space supporting a purpose-driven entrepreneurs and organisations in Indonesia's capital city, and I was founding partner of VSStory - a communications agency scaling solutions through powerful, authentic visual storytelling. I'm now an advisor to both companies.

Over the years my experience has taken me to over 38 countries, including living in Australia, Cambodia, Denmark, Indonesia, Guatemala & USA. As a global citizen, I work without boundaries and I'm happiest with my backpack on, exploring new places and turning strangers into friends.