Cherry Blossom Princess Program

The Cherry Blossom Princess Program is a professional development program and cultural exchange for young women ages 18-24. Maria represented the great state of Wisconsin in the 2017 Program and continues to help the princesses of future years with their journey through the program.

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The Princesses go to congress

Maria enjoyed meeting with then Congressman Sean Duffy from Wisconsin's 7th district. This is the fourth meeting she has had with Former Representative Duffy. They discussed intellectual diversity on college campuses as well as Wisconsin Cheese. Maria was even featured on his Instagram story!

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Princesses read at cleveland elementary school 

Each year the Princesses go to Cleveland Elementary School in Northwest DC to read to school children from Kindergarten to third grade. Above you can see Maria reading Jack and the Beanstalk to a third grade class. After reading to the kids, the Princesses led a dance party in the cafeteria. 

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