Maria Carolan has been involved in marketing, events coordination and social media for audiovisual and culture industries throughout her career. Working, for seven years, as a lead specialist in the International Department of the Polish Film Institute, she collaborated on many international projects, including the annual presence of the Institute at the festivals and industry events in Cannes, Berlin, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Busan (Korea). In 2015 she came to live in Ireland, where she started working on the European Projects (Creative Europe, Erasmus +, EU Aid Volunteering) in the arts and development aid sectors. She holds MA in Social Sciences from the University of Warsaw, and postgraduate diplomas from Media Business School (Spain) and University College Dublin (Ireland).