Maria Ellena Torres is a Nationally Board Certified Hearing Aid Specialist. Maria is originally from Edgewood, New Mexico and moved to Palmetto, Florida in 2003 to  help  her parents start a Starkey clinic. Maria  began working in the hearing industry in 1998 and was drawn to the profession because she was given the opportunity to work with her father Daniel and learn the art of saving hearing lives. 

What Maria loves most about saving hearing lives is finding the most challenging hearing losses and overcoming them with improvement. Maria strives to offer improved quality of life in her everyday work with patients. 

Outside of saving hearing lives, Maria loves reading and researching many different things. 

I’m very excited to join the Hearing Centers of Southwest Florida. I came from Ohio in 2000. I love the Southwest Florida weather! I was drawn to this position because of my father, who has a perforated eardrum and now wears aides in both ears. I want to help make a difference in other’s lives by being a part of correcting their sense of hearing.  “Life is worth hearing”! When away from the office, I enjoy reading and spending time with my husband of 11 years and my 22-year-old son.