05 Mar 2020: Maria, founder of the Maria Cristina Foundation, is an award-winning humanitarian, a multiple Guinness world record holder, and the first Portuguese woman & 3rd Portuguese citizen to summit Everest.She landed in Dubai more than a decade ago, flying for Emirates. A trip to Bangladesh opened her eyes to the plight of young slum-dwellers of Dhaka, leading to her to make big decisions that would later change the lives of hundreds of children.