Maria is your New Yorker. She's that kid who grew up down the block from you yet you know everything about her. However don't label her as miss popular because she wasn't as shallow as they are in the movies. She used to run around the streets re-creating famous paintings on every wall she touched. 

When Mr Leu, the art teacher at Bell, discovered her, she was in the middle of her own piece known as "the true new york" it was a complex and large piece which showed new york through out the ages. She had been working on it for two weeks and he stummbled upon it when it was almost finished. At that moment he gave her a scholarship. She instantly accpeted. Her love for art was never under estimated. 

Maria is happy to be friends with anyone that wants to be friends with her. She only asks that they can have a sense of humour. People don't usually go up to her though due to her loud character and vibrant pink hair, naturally she's a dark brown but she's not been that colour in years. Dyed hair isn't usually accepted at Bell but due to her unique talent she is accepted, this annoys many people. 

Will her over positive out look on life ever be her downfall?