MARIA AVGITIDIS is the CEO of Agape Match, an award-winning matchmaking service based out of NYC, and the host of the dating and relationship podcast, Ask a Matchmaker. For over a decade, she has successfully combined four generations of family matchmaking tradition with modern relationship psychology and search techniques to ensure her professional clientele are introduced to their ultimate match. As the Founder of Agape Match, Maria combines strong intuition with matchmaking methodology to leverage each client’s unique personality, style, and history. Countless clients can attest to this success, and their true love stories are a testament to how Maria has transformed matchmaking utilizing behavioral science and the unique know-how gained through her four-generation matchmaking inheritance. Better known as “Matchmaker Maria”, she has a lot of theories to help people navigate dating, such as her green theory featured on CBS Mornings or her Stanley Tucci theory featured in the New York Times. Her 12 Date Rule method has helped thousands of couples enter committed relationships.