Maria Falikman is a Professor, Doctor of Psychology, Head of the Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Higher School of Economics, Leading Researcher at the Laboratory of Cognitive Research at the Higher School of Economics. Maria took part in the first meeting of Russian scientists with the Dalai Lama. And she twice received the National Psychological Prize "Golden Psyche" (2013, 2020). Member of the Moscow Writers' Union, poet, translator.