The fifth annual TEDxAUBG conference took place on April 9th, 2016 at the Carl Djerassi Theater Hall. For this year's edition all speeches and performances were based on the topic of Patterns.

Maria holds a BA from AUBG and an EMBA from IMD. She has extensive media and marketing experience as a marketing director and later as an executive at Austria Telecom's Bulgarian operations. In the last 2 years Maria has found a start-up with a focus on entertainment, young talent promotion and content production. After leaving the media company she went on to become a brand and marketing consultant for various businesses.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx