Maria Torres-Melgares is a Spanish arts administrator, saxophonist, and educator based in Iowa City where she is pursuing her DMA in Saxophone Performance. She has received a Master of Music degree in saxophone performance from the University of Michigan as well as certificates in Arts Entrepreneurship & Leadership, and in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. She was recognized winning more than twenty international prizes in Europe and America and has performed concerts on both continents as a recitalist, chamber musician and soloist with orchestras. She has been part of the Ibercamera artists agency/presenter in Barcelona, Spain as a social media content creator and a social media intern since 2020 with the International Saxophone Academy. She joins Sheldon Artists as a social media intern.