Maria Valentino is the cutting-edge formulator and leader of green beauty & wellness for conscious consumers. Utilizing her platform of over 1 Million fans via social media, she empowers her audience through education centered around herbalism [plant-based healing], Mycology, while creating a one-of-a-kind, luxury experience. At a time when still considered beyond taboo, Maria was the very first formulator to combine key mushrooms and hemp for a full collection of natural healing products, while working from her laboratory at the world-renown Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center. A true pioneer in plant-based wellness, she filed her first patent in 2019.

“I have set a new industry standard with products that help people become the best, healthiest version of themselves. Every single ingredient is a powerful active ingredient backed by science, and customers can count on real results.”

As a Pennsylvania native, the mushroom capital of the world, Maria fell in love with mycology very early on. This transitioned from forging as a young girl to becoming a master grower, spearheading the mushroom wellness industry.

Uncovering the synergy behind mushrooms, hemp and the human body, Maria's formulas display the fantastic effects from the hemp plant, in combination with the tri-terpenes, beta-glucan, polysaccharides, and adaptogens in her medicinal mushroom blends.

 The entire Maria Valentino collection includes powerful Medicinal Mushrooms and Active Plant Stem Cells that work in beautiful synergy with the finest organic botanical ingredients in the world.  

  When the world began to take a wild turn in early 2020, Maria moved to her sustainable farm sanctuary in Central America before the borders closed. She built a state-of-the-art science lab, and established thousands of square feet of greenhouses and expansive growing chambers. This was the birth of Finca Mystica Market, which began supplying restaurants and stores across the country with gourmet organic mushrooms, vegetables, and premium goods at a time of shortage and uncertainty. The mission behind this new venture is to support organic family farms, encourage shopping local, and feed communities with the mindset that Food is Medicine. 

Finca Mystica is now bridging the relationship between the United States and Costa Rica as a leading importer of USDA Certified Organic, Fair-trade goods. The selection ranges from delicious proprietary blends of Mushroom Coffee to powerful superfoods and herbal supplements for optimal wellness. Finca Mystica has blossomed into a full catalog of curated lifestyle products formulated by Maria Valentino, available in one convenient and affordable online marketplace.