Her 32 year career spans social care and housing, homelessness with young people and families but have also worked with women managing various hostels and supported housing services for homeless individuals. She did 4 years voluntary work with women who wanted support but were trapped in the sex industry and 2 years voluntary work at victim support with women struggling with domestic and sexual abuse and had been victims of rape.

Maura worked for 3 years with the Ministry of Justice setting up and managing services for women offenders and those at risk of offending.  Before BACKUP Maura was a CEO of a domestic abuse charity in West London for 4 years and for the last 9 years has been a Trustee and then the Chair of Trustees at Endeavour Domestic Abuse charity.

In the last 2 years she and her husband have taken on full time custody of their grandchildren Ruby, 11 and Louie. They also have a fur baby Che.