Maria Zourari

Storyteller

Maria Zourari is a storyteller, teacher and dancer. She was born in Athens and studied Computational Linguistics. She is a graduate of the School of Storytelling of Athens and of the International School of Storytelling at Emerson College.

In Greece, she worked as a scientific collaborator in a research Institute but realised that she wanted to work with children, and expand more her creative and artistic sides. She began working as a creative dance and movement teacher, a storyteller-in-residence at the House of Folktales, and a children’s book editor for Ikaros Publications.

She now lives in the UK where she works as Teaching Assistant in a SEN school. She tells stories in the UK and Greece.