Marija was born on March 14, 1982. Following her completion of Gymnasium Classicum Zagrabiense, she studied Philosophy and Croatian language and literature at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. She became a Doctor of Philosophy June 11, 2013. Currently she works as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. She was a visiting researcher at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and at the Institut für Wissenschaft und Ethik (Bonn). In 2014, she won an annual prize for the young scientists and artists of The Society of University Teachers, Scholars and Other Scientists (University of Zagreb, Croatia) for her book Human Nature and New Epoch. In addition to her academic work, she is also active in the public sphere. She writes articles for several journals and takes part in a weekly intellectual show “Peti dan” (The fifth day) on Croatian Public Television HRT.