在美国印第安人国家博物馆（NMAI）担任博物馆学习项目的副主任，负责为博物馆制定和实施全面的教育及拓展外联计划，其中包括参观体验和电子化教育。该博物馆最近发布了一项名为“原住民知识360”的国际教育倡议，该计划旨在改变学校课程对原住民历史和文化的叙述方式。
此前，曾担任华盛顿特区国家档案馆的教育与公共项目主任，制定了第一个全国性教育计划,积极提升了该机构的外向拓展，使其教育潜力获得国际认可。所获得最显着的成就是全国权利与司法对话六部曲，该对话在全国各地展开，纪念美国《权利法案》诞生225周年。
在其职业生涯中，曾任职于不同博物馆，包括宾夕法尼亚州费城艺术博物馆、加利福尼亚州帕萨迪纳市西南博物馆和儿童博物馆、史密森学会中央教育办公室和华盛顿特区的国家美术馆、伊利诺伊州的芝加哥艺术学院。长久以来，致力于营造更广泛的学习环境，以便为博物馆观众开发执行教育项目，并提供教育机会。为表彰其长期工作和对博物馆教育领域的贡献,美国博物馆协会教育委员会于2018年年会为其颁发卓越实践奖。
在费城艺术大学和宾夕法尼亚美术学院的取得艺术学士学位，在乔治华盛顿大学取得博物馆教育硕士学位。
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.
