UMaria Santelli ulilungu leBhodi yeeNgcebiso ye World BEYOND War. Uzinze eUnited States. UMaria ebengumalathisi weZiko Lesazela Nemfazwe (CCW) ukususela ngo-2011. ICCW ngumbutho oneminyaka eyi-75 ozama ukwandisa nokukhusela amalungelo abo bangavumiyo ukuya emfazweni. Phambi kokuza kwi-CCW, uMaria wayengumququzeleli eNew Mexico apho waphuhlisa elinye icala: iNyaniso kwiprojekthi yokuQeshwa koMkhosi, ezisa umlo kunye namanye amagqala eklasini ukuze aveze iintsomi kunye neenyani ezingemva kokuthengisa kwabaqeshi. Ngo-2008, uMaria waseka iNew Mexico GI Rights Hotline ukubonelela ngeenkonzo ezithe ngqo kunye nezixhobo kumalungu omkhosi kwaye abe lilizwi elikhokelayo kwilizwe lonke kwimiba yokuthatha inxaxheba emkhosini kunye nemfazwe, kubandakanya nokuchasa ngenxa yesazela, ubundlobongela obuphathelele kwezesondo, i-PTSD kunye nokulimala kokuziphatha, kunye nenyaniso ekuqeshweni.
