在美國(guó)印第安人國(guó)家博物館（NMAI）擔(dān)任博物館學(xué)習(xí)項(xiàng)目的副主任，負(fù)責(zé)為博物館制定和實(shí)施全面的教育及拓展外聯(lián)計(jì)劃，其中包括參觀體驗(yàn)和電子化教育。該博物館最近發(fā)布了一項(xiàng)名為“原住民知識(shí)360”的國(guó)際教育倡議，該計(jì)劃旨在改變學(xué)校課程對(duì)原住民歷史和文化的敘述方式。

　　此前，曾擔(dān)任華盛頓特區(qū)國(guó)家檔案館的教育與公共項(xiàng)目主任，制定了第一個(gè)全國(guó)性教育計(jì)劃,積極提升了該機(jī)構(gòu)的外向拓展，使其教育潛力獲得國(guó)際認(rèn)可。所獲得最顯著的成就是全國(guó)權(quán)利與司法對(duì)話六部曲，該對(duì)話在全國(guó)各地展開，紀(jì)念美國(guó)《權(quán)利法案》誕生225周年。

　　在其職業(yè)生涯中，曾任職于不同博物館，包括賓夕法尼亞州費(fèi)城藝術(shù)博物館、加利福尼亞州帕薩迪納市西南博物館和兒童博物館、史密森學(xué)會(huì)中央教育辦公室和華盛頓特區(qū)的國(guó)家美術(shù)館、伊利諾伊州的芝加哥藝術(shù)學(xué)院。長(zhǎng)久以來(lái)，致力于營(yíng)造更廣泛的學(xué)習(xí)環(huán)境，以便為博物館觀眾開發(fā)執(zhí)行教育項(xiàng)目，并提供教育機(jī)會(huì)。為表彰其長(zhǎng)期工作和對(duì)博物館教育領(lǐng)域的貢獻(xiàn),美國(guó)博物館協(xié)會(huì)教育委員會(huì)于2018年年會(huì)為其頒發(fā)卓越實(shí)踐獎(jiǎng)。

　　在費(fèi)城藝術(shù)大學(xué)和賓夕法尼亞美術(shù)學(xué)院的取得藝術(shù)學(xué)士學(xué)位，在喬治華盛頓大學(xué)取得博物館教育碩士學(xué)位。

　　Ms. Marable-Bunch is the Associate Director of Museum Learning and Programs at the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). She is responsible for the development and implementation of a comprehensive education and outreach plan for the Museum – on-site visitor experience and electronic education. The museum recently launched a national education initiative - Native Knowledge 360 to transform the narrative in school curriculum around Native history and culture. 

　　Prior to joining NMAI, Maria was the director of education and public programs at the National Archives Museum, Washington, DC where she developed their first national education initiative to raise the agency’s outreach presence and bringing national recognition of its educational potential. Her most notable achievement was the six-part series, National Conversations on Rights and Justice, which took place across the country to honor the 225th Anniversary of the Bill of Rights. Throughout her career, Maria has worked at a range of museums - the Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA; the Southwest Museum and Kidspace Children’s Museum, Pasadena, CA; the Smithsonian Institution Central Education Office and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; and the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL – building an extensive background in creating and implementing public programs and educational opportunities for all museum visitors. In recognition of her career-long work and contribution to the museum education field, she was awarded the American Alliance of Museums Education Committee’s Excellence in Practice Award at its 2018 annual conference in Phoenix, AZ.