Maria Aroche is a graduate of the UrbanGlass Bead Project who has also studied the principals of silversmithing at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Combining these two areas of interest, Maria has created a line of beaded jewelry that she sells throughout the New York area. Maria is currently the Lead Teacher for flameworking at the Steiner School in New York and the Assistant Teacher for the Bead Project at UrbanGlass.