DANIEL BLUE: MEET MARIA >>>

Maria Jost does not normally play with guns. To the best of my knowledge she has never killed anything but bugs, and with much reluctance and prayer for their buzzy little afterlives.

Having graduated from the University of Puget Sound, she spent a few years working as a scientist in Costa Rica, but the charm of her college town brought her back. She has lived in Tacoma since November 2006.

A world traveler and a strange hybrid of scientist and artist, Maria is employed by the School of the Arts in our progressive downtown metropolis.

She is the most intelligent person I know, but we agree that smarts aren't everything. 

Maria is an observer of nature and has the rare quality of humility in her theory and practice. She waits for the answer to reveal itself in relationship, and seeks partnership with all she studies. There is little that she cannot answer having to do with the subjects of botany and anatomy, ecology and conservation are her passions.

Rare it is to discover a human being as well rounded and powerful as this. Maria also enjoys soccer, jogging and most any competitive sporty activity.