---
title: "Maria Figueiredo - NIE: Medical Admissions Preparation"
description: "NIE provides UCAT, medical interviews, psychometrics, Casper, and medical admissions preparation for students pursuing medicine and dentistry in Australia or New Zealand."
url: "https://www.nie.edu.au/medical/interview-ucat-psychometric-casper-tutors/item/wendy-qasem-copy-2"
date: "2026-07-30T01:26:26+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
---

#  Maria Figueiredo

 [![Maria Figueiredo](https://www.nie.edu.au/media/yootheme/cache/46/Maria-F-NIE-Medical-interview-ucat-gamsat-tutor_copy-46b84eb0.jpg)](#js-1) ![](https://www.nie.edu.au/images/team-members/Maria-F-NIE-Medical-interview-ucat-gamsat-tutor_copy.jpg)

- Future Doctors Australia program manager and coordinator for Brisbane (QLD)
- Public Relations and project management

Maria Sofia Figueiredo is the Brisbane Program Coordinator for Future Doctors Australia. With over 30 years of professional background spanning in higher education, public relations, advancement, not-for-profits, administration, donor relations, and project management, Maria brings a valuable breadth of experience to the program.

She is highly skilled in building trusted relationships, coordinating meaningful events, and supporting high-impact initiatives with both creativity and attention to detail. Her strengths in communication, organisation, and community engagement make her well suited to supporting students, families, presenters, and program partners throughout the Brisbane FDA experience.

Maria is driven by purpose, professionalism, and a genuine desire to make a positive difference.

 [![Maria Figueiredo](https://www.nie.edu.au/media/yootheme/cache/46/Maria-F-NIE-Medical-interview-ucat-gamsat-tutor_copy-46b84eb0.jpg)](#js-2) ![](https://www.nie.edu.au/images/team-members/Maria-F-NIE-Medical-interview-ucat-gamsat-tutor_copy.jpg)

###   The Team

 [![Zobair Bary](https://www.nie.edu.au/media/yootheme/cache/3f/Zobair_Bary_FDA_2025-3f23a976.jpg "Zobair Bary")

 Zobair Bary

 ](https://www.nie.edu.au/medical/interview-ucat-psychometric-casper-tutors/item/zobair-bary)

 [![Chandana Galaeti](https://www.nie.edu.au/media/yootheme/cache/bb/Chandana-NIE-Medical-interviews-ucat-tutor_copy-bbbf2a28.jpg "Chandana Galaeti")

 Chandana Galaeti

 ](https://www.nie.edu.au/medical/interview-ucat-psychometric-casper-tutors/item/chandana-galaeti)

 [![Srishti Sharma](https://www.nie.edu.au/media/yootheme/cache/2e/Srishti_Sharma-2ed159e5.jpg "Srishti Sharma")

 Srishti Sharma

 ](https://www.nie.edu.au/medical/interview-ucat-psychometric-casper-tutors/item/srishti-sharma)

 [![Sasha Tymoshenko](https://www.nie.edu.au/media/yootheme/cache/d3/Sasha_Tymoshenko-d3666eb3.jpg "Sasha Tymoshenko")

 Sasha Tymoshenko

 ](https://www.nie.edu.au/medical/interview-ucat-psychometric-casper-tutors/item/sasha-tymoshenko-2)

 [![Luan Williams - Currently not available](https://www.nie.edu.au/media/yootheme/cache/13/luan-williams-mmi-interviews-131b7bae.jpg "Luan Williams - Currently not available")

 Luan Williams - Currently not available

 ](https://www.nie.edu.au/medical/interview-ucat-psychometric-casper-tutors/item/luan-williams-currently-unavailable)

 [![Rebekah Ramsey](https://www.nie.edu.au/media/yootheme/cache/2d/Rebekah_Ramsey-2d8fcf12.jpg "Rebekah Ramsey")

 Rebekah Ramsey

 ](https://www.nie.edu.au/medical/interview-ucat-psychometric-casper-tutors/item/rebekah-ramsey)

 [![Dr. Anne Lam](https://www.nie.edu.au/media/yootheme/cache/fc/Anne_Lam-fce9fb17.jpg "Dr. Anne Lam")

 Dr. Anne Lam

 ](https://www.nie.edu.au/medical/interview-ucat-psychometric-casper-tutors/item/anne-lam)

 [![Dr. Senara Kulatunga](https://www.nie.edu.au/media/yootheme/cache/e4/V3-Senara-NIE-Medical-interview-tutor-dr-senara-kulatunga_copy-e4aa0df6.jpg "Dr. Senara Kulatunga")

 Dr. Senara Kulatunga

 ](https://www.nie.edu.au/medical/interview-ucat-psychometric-casper-tutors/item/senara-kulatunga)

 [![Pranami Gamage](https://www.nie.edu.au/media/yootheme/cache/02/Pranami-Gamage-nie-medical-intervew-training-mentor-02c1088b.jpg "Pranami Gamage")

 Pranami Gamage

 ](https://www.nie.edu.au/medical/interview-ucat-psychometric-casper-tutors/item/pranami-gamage)

 [![Wendy Qasem](https://www.nie.edu.au/media/yootheme/cache/d9/Wendy-Qasem-Future-Doctors-Ausralia-WA-d9e3c6f4.jpg "Wendy Qasem")

 Wendy Qasem

 ](https://www.nie.edu.au/medical/interview-ucat-psychometric-casper-tutors/item/wendy-qasem)

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