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started very young her production career in 2001, setting up her own production company, taking charge of the production, direction and presentation of the radio program ARTE 2 on Cibeles FM, a radio station owned by one of the most acclaimed radio host and broadcaster in Spain, Luis del Olmo. ARTE 2 was dedicated to different artistic disciplines, with interviews, international guests of great renown. Maria has interviewed for her program , the american director Steven Soderbergh, the french actor and filmaker Albert Duponet, the argentinian filmmaker Gaspar Noé, the british singer and composer Gary Christian (The Christians), the american band Parker & Lily, the american band Imperial Teen, the american singer Elvis Perkins, the british band Boedekka, the german-painter Thilo Heinzman, the German SculptorTobias Reheberger, the spanish ballet dancer Victor Ullate, the spanish actor Fernando Guillén, the spanish choreograph Eduardo Lao, the spanish actor José Coronado, the danish actor Mads Mikkelsen, the german galerist Heinrich Erhhardt, the spanish fasion designer Modesto Lomba, the american actor Christian Slater among others. 

 The succsess of the ARTE 2 program, together with the impression and the contact with this large group of artists have served María as inspiration for the NGO to help patients both children and adults to recover neuroplasticity througt the powerful effect of the arts and its numerous benefits. In addition to giving visibility through global movements and artistic events around the world..

In 2004 one of her scripts was selected by EGEDA and the Madrid film Commission to be produced and represent Spain at the LALIFF film festival. 

In 2008 she organized with the spanish actress Angela Molina an international film festival in Madrid. María directed the festival where she was sponsored by the american director, writer, actor and producer David Lynch, the american producer and composer Quincy Jones, the spanish artist director and design producer Gil Parrondo (the first spaniard to win two Accademy Awards), the french designer producer Alain Bainée and the american actor and producer Nick Nolte.

 In 2011 she becames the international ambassador of the international art school of cinema in Madrid Spain "TAI"

In 2015 together with the actor and director Michael Brando founded a branch of Brando Pictures in Spain, " Brando Pictures Spain with the intention of fulfilling the dream of Michael´s grandfather, Marlon brando of bringing to the cinema a version of Hamlet based on the ideas and notes of Marlon Brando.

In 2018 María became the international ambassador of the Seminci Film Festival through the direction of the journalist Javier Angulo.

María as a filmmaker and producer has been working with the hungarian cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, the american actor Matt Dillon, the german filmmaker and actor Til Shweiger, the chilean artist Alejandro Jodorowsky and the american actor and producer Nick Nolte.

 After her recovery María has resumed film projects on hold due to the surgery. 

María is currently in full production and development of the film documentary SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO together with the BGF team to raise awareness and funds. Designing the production together with the spanish singer Mónica Molina of the charity album LONELY MINDS and the concert tour. THE BRAINS ROCK Tour.

María is promoting artistics activities for Brains Get Famous with the support af artists and friends of many of the friends who have worked with her before and with new artists and friends who incorporate the NGO forming a beautiful and motivating family.

Languages: Spanish, French, English, basic German and Italian language and intermediate level in Japanese.

In 2007, he performed with Prof. Maurizio Salvati the first successful awake surgery with brain mapping in the Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rome La Sapienza, after returning from his neuro-oncology fellowship and brain mapping training with Prof. Hugue Duffau at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, France.

He trained with Prof. Ugur Ture in advanced microneurosurgical techniques in brain tumour surgery at Yeditepe University, Istanbul. In 2013, Dr Brogna gained his PhD in Neuroscience. Since he has advanced the surgery of brain and spinal cord tumours, combining excellence in neuroanatomy under the mentorship of Prof. Guilherme Ribas, São Paulo, Brazil, with nuances in brain and spinal cord mapping and state-of-the-art microneurosurgical techniques. From 2013 to 2020, he worked as a neurosurgeon with a specific interest in neuro-oncological surgery at King’s College Hospital, London, UK, and, in 2018, as a research fellow at King’s College London. He conducts research in new brain and spinal cord mapping techniques and awake surgery in neuro-oncology to enhance safety for patients receiving brain and spinal cord tumour surgery. Since 2022, he has been working as a leading Consultant Neurosurgeon and Neuro-oncologist at Paideia International Hospital, Rome, Italy. 

Languages: Italian, English, French

Specialist in Neurosurgery. Accredited MIR Programme (resident member of medical staff) (1994-1998) at the Hospital Puerta de Hierro. Madrid. Classified 4th during the selection examination in 1994 for a Resident Member of Neurosurgery vacancy.

Medical Specialist at the Neurosurgery Service of the Hospital Puerta de Hierro(1999-2000).

Neurosurgeon at the Hospital Montepricipe and Madrid Norte Sanchinarro-Hospitals of Madrid Group(2000-2011)

Current Working:

Medical Specialist in the Neurosurgery Service of the University Hospital La Princesa. In Madrid (from 2000 to present).

Neurosurgeon at the Sanitas Hospital La Moraleja and Zarzuela, in Madrid(from 2011 to present)

SPECIALIST SURGICAL EXPERIENCE.

-Cerebral vascular surgery: aneurysms and cerebral arteriovenous malformations.

- Skull base Surgery.

- Spine pathologies: cervical arthroplasty and dynamic prosthetics.

Techniques of profound cerebral stimulation in cases of Parkinson´s disease, essential tremor, dystonia, psychosurgery and epilepsy. 

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY.

Participation in Research Projects 

Languages: Spanish, English, Chinese, French 

Monica Molina is also one of our prestigious international ambassadors and part of the cast of wonderful artists who are part of THE BRAINS ROCK Concert Tour and of our music album LONELY MINDS.

Languages: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese 

Paola’s dedication to nonprofit and social impact work began in her teenage years through community initiatives and has remained a guiding thread throughout her career. Before studying law, she worked as an artificial intelligence analyst, gaining experience at the intersection of technology and strategy.

Her legal studies have deepened her understanding of the frameworks governing entertainment and corporate law, with a particular interest in cross-border transactions and the evolving landscape of international media.



As Secretary and Legal Assistant of Brains Get Famous, Paola provides organizational and legal support to the board, leveraging her background in entertainment law and her international experience to advance the foundation’s mission of using the arts to support neurological recovery and global awareness.

Languages: Spanish, English.

Assistant Secretary in the Office of Magistrate Amando L.Mabret Henandez and the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Distrit. (2006-2010)

Judicial Advisor in the Mexican Association of Justice Administration AC. (2013-2014)

Management Coordinator at the Pesidency of Judge Gabriela del Valle Perez at the Federal Distrit Electoral Tribunal. (2014-2015)

Auditor at the General Comptroller´s Office of the Federal District Electoral Tribunal. (2017)

Executive Secretary of the Guadalajara Regional Chamber of the TEPJ. (2017-2019)

Private Secretary to Judge Gabriela del Valle Pérez in the Guadalajara Regional Chmaber of the TEPJ.(2019-2021)

Support Secretary in the General Secretariat of Agreements of the Superior Chamber of the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Juduciary (2021).

Academic Data.

PhD candidate in law in the programme"Constitutional protection of Fundamental Rights" at the University of Alicante, Spain.

Specialist course in "Legal Argumentation" at the University of Alicante, Spain.

Master´s degree in Electoral Law at the Autonomous University of Durango, Campus Zacatecas.

Law degree from the Autonomous University of Zacatecas.

Doctorate in Law from the University of Alicante, Spain.

Distinctions:

Fellow of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation from 1996 to 2002.

Scholarship holder of the BANCAJA Foundation, Scholarship for Latin America.

Languages: Spanish, Italian, English