Maria Villa (Russian domination)

María Saleem Villa-Belikov (born August 4, 1980) also known by her short name María Villa is the current Queen Consort of Mexico, and is also an internationally-renowned philantropist. She is a co-founder of the Mexican organization Un Futuro Brillante, a social organization that creates education oppurtunities for low-class people in Mexico.

She is also a manager at the National Performing Arts of Mexico.

She is the niece of Leonardo Villa, Mexico's king from 2009-2012. Her father, Alberto Villa was a very wealthy landowner as well as a bussinessman who owned several offices in Monterray, Mexico City and Cancun. When Leonardo Villa took power, the entire Villa family became part of the royalty and the ruling classes.

She was addressed as Princess María, an attractive young princess and was courted by many young men.

Childhood
María Villa was born to Alberto Villa - a wealthy bussinessman and landowner from Mexico City and Rania Saleem, a Pakistani migrant from the city of Gujrat in the Punjab region, on August 4, 1980 in Mexico City. María's mother converted from Islam to Roman Catholicim upon marrying her father, despite her father being happy and content with her Islamic faith. Her uncle, Leonardo Villa was part of the opposition party known as La Monarquía (literally "The Monarchy").

She was baptized in 1982 in the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral, Mexico City's largest cathedral.

She attended the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria in high school, which was Mexico's most prestigious high school in Mexico City. She played for the high school's volleyball team, and became an intrumental part of its alumni.