About

Maria R. Thurrell, B.S., is the founder and principal of Media Awaken, Inc. She established Media Awaken in June 2008 after graduating Summa Cum Laude from Boston University. She received her Bachelor of Science in Public Relations from the College of Communication.

She transferred to Boston University her junior year after taking two years off from Vassar College to travel Asia. In southern India, she worked for UNESCO developing, organizing and running an international youth conference called Youth for Human Unity.

After attending PodCamp Boston in the fall of 2007 with her New Media and PR class, she became enamored with new media and has been embroiled in the northeastern new media scene ever since.

Maria currently resides in Boston, MA. She is also a graduate of School Year Abroad France and Phillips Exeter Academy.

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