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Vanya Maplestone
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Vanya Maplestone has a Bachelor of Commerce with majors in Interactive Marketing and International Management and an honors degree in Digital Marketing from Deakin University, Australia. Professionally, she has worked in research, content creation, and digital marketing for over 10 years in five countries. More recently, she was the Head of Marketing at a private business school in Spain. Vanya is the Senior Editor at MBAGRADSCHOOLS and MASTERGRADSCHOOLS.

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