Maria Scordialos

Cultural Activist, Creative Entrepreneur, Connector

My upbringing within an international environment has shaped who I am. My parents, Greeks from Egypt, endowed me with strong Greek roots, yet also taught me, by the way they lived life, that these roots can be planted in many different soils. This has shaped me into being a citizen of the world, being able to adapt, embrace diversity, yet also stay directly connected to my own traditions and roots. From a young age, I used my imagination through play to create narratives and worlds. Friendship, loyalty and trust have been the core ingredients from which I live my life. This taught me to strongly love humanity and have a deep faith in our role in life. I have made this my work, which is mainly about inviting people to meet in their humanity and for their humanity.

For the past 10 years, I have found that this happens mostly in the cracks of our present world, where we loosen from our comfort and begin to seed ourselves into discovering new ways of living and working. This has lead me to offer my work in communities, institutions, organisations - the spaces where people come together to create life.