Maren's murals create environments where toddlers go to wish, dandies go to peacock and cars appear toy-sized against the larger-than-life canvases of steel, brick and stucco. Each work may be a part of a developer’s project or painted on a wall that someone has purchased, yet they are owned by no single person, not even their creator. The very places that are adorned with her 12,000+ square foot creations were once areas she would have dreaded to walk through alone. Using her passion as a vehicle that narrows the urban-planning gender gap is not simply insurance for her survival, it is her mission.