Mária Šimončičová

After several years, she partially returned to Trnava where she was born. She graduated in culture and tourism in Nitra. During her studies, she became an every-year volunteer at the Theatre Nitra festival. She participated in several cultural projects – the World Music Festival Bratislava and the project of Nitra 2026. Besides that, she was working for ÚĽUV (Centre of Folk Art) as a coordinator of creative centres and the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak republic where she was dealing with the policies for cultural and creative industries.