Originally from Mexico City, Mariana has a Master of Fine Arts in Stage Management from the University of Iowa. Mariana has been working in the Mexican Theatre industry since 2006. In Opera she has worked as Stage Manager in Satyricon by Bruno Maderna (2018) and Romeo and Juliet by Hector Berlioz (2019) in Mexico City; and as Assistant Stage Manager in The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht (2019), Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini (2020) with the Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre; and Little Women by Mark Adamo (2019) with the University of Iowa.