Maria Mora (they/them) is a Staff Application Security Engineer based in Unceded Ohlone Land (San Francisco, California). Engineering-wise, Maria has worked with various systems including monoliths, microservices, and in between. Among a variety of projects, they have worked with payment gateways, fraud/risk engines, GDPR/CCPA data compliance systems, and subscription systems. They also consider themself to be kinda DevOps at times. Maria loves to script and build things, and nobody can take that away from them. Maria enjoys connecting with other folks in InfoSec, and aims to lift up more underrepresented people in the field. They also participate in various volunteering activities.