A first-time author who invites you to resonate with her journey by reading her riveting words, where parts of history, pop-culture, with a side of sense of humor is incorporated. Trauma brings you Down the Rabbit Hole of Madness recovery and perseverance can help you find the keys to escape. She is an advent reader who loves to escape in other’s memoirs and thrillers, with her next project being a whodunit. After accomplishing a Cum Laude Psychology degree from Arizona State University she lands her favorite career as opening a school library for a brand-new school. She had to leave when her favorite student, who also granted her favorite role, being a mother, suffered from a covered-up traumatic injury, which led her not to be able to read, write, walk, or barely being able to leave the home due to being severely sick with sensory issues. Maria grew up in a small town of Wisconsin, in poverty, with an absentee father, and a narcissistic mother with her manipulations, smear campaigns, neglect, and abuse mold Maria into the role of the family Scapegoat. With her inner-strength, resources, and knowledge from pioneer Scapegoats, the family she creates helps her become the next pioneer for the next generation of Scapegoats. She became a Yoga Instructor who helped her daughter graduate with honors and become a Karate World Champion. Her yoga has helped strengthen her spirituality and relieve the symptoms of PTSD, which she will continue to help others with her yoga website. Eventually, she finds her long lost siblings and father in a plot twist. In her spare-time she enjoys gardening, watching the Packers win, photography, coin collecting and making charcuterie boards with diverse cheese and themes. After her positive experience with Author Solutions making her story a vivid reality, becoming part of a publishing company would be the next goal.