With a passion for anything artistic, hands on, or design related, Maria primarily focuses on graphic design, copy (wording), and layout for wedding invitation suites, birth announcements, birthday invitations and baby shower invitations, family holiday and greeting cards, and custom event print materials.  These custom items may include programs, table numbers, escort and place cards, labels or cards for favors, ceremony readings pages, menus, and schedules of events. She is also available for company logos and marketing collateral design, networking and business cards, corporate holiday and thank you cards, as well as other types of digital and print media.

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Maria experienced a love for art at a very young age. She exposed herself to various art classes through the Art Institute of Boston and Massachusetts College of Art while attending high school at Boston Latin Academy. During her senior year, Maria entered the Globe Scholastic Art Awards, a statewide competition, and won a Gold Key for her monochromatic pastel drawing, entitled "Migraine."

Maria moved west to Tempe to attend Arizona State University in 2004, focusing in Interior Design. She continued to expand her abilities through a number of drawing and design studio classes. After graduating with a degree in Design Management, Maria has worked in marketing roles which emphasize graphic design for architecture and engineering firms in the Phoenix area.

About

Maria Leshner

Graphic Designer and Artist

art & graphic design