Hi - I'm Maria and I am after previously writing about personal finance and primetime television, I am thrilled to be covering life and politics & news.

In addition to posting here, I run a marketing consulting business called ConsumerPop and am a (shamefully) occasional blogger writing about marketing at Fizz, about the adventures of my charming Chihuahua, and other things that strike my fancy or are on my mind at Zoe Tales, about music, TV and pop culture at Beyond Help and politics, links and current events at PopConsumer.