About Mariana Bockarova

Dr. Mariana Bockarova earned her bachelor's degree at age 19 from the University of Toronto. She went on to graduate at the top of her class from Harvard University where she earned her Master's degree researching PTSD in white-collar professionals. During her time at Harvard, she headed the MIT vs. Harvard Case Competition as co-Vice President of the Harvard Graduate Consulting Club. Mariana completed her PhD from the University of Toronto in an accelerated time-frame of two years, researching non-pharmaceutical alternatives to anxiety on 362 participants. Throughout her doctoral degree, Mariana simultaneously worked as a senior consultant at a boutique consultancy, working with Fortune 500 companies including Nestlé, General Mills, New Balance, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Janssen Inc., and Scotiabank, by creating custom solutions for a wide range of issues including changing corporate culture and increasing company-wide morale, to leadership, team building and sales strategies.