Ms Maria Athanasiou is an attorney at law. She holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of South Wales (2016) and a Master of Laws Degree specialized in International Commercial law from Cardiff University (2017). Ms Athanasiou is currently pursuing her PhD at the University of Nicosia focusing on the Law of the Sea. During 2015 to 2018, she was the secretary of Young European Movement Wales, UK. Since 2020, Ms Athanasiou is a part-time Instructor at Intercollege under the BSc in Nautical Science programme, teaching related modules in Maritime Law.