Maria "Masha" Levit received her undergraduate degree at University of Massachusetts - Amherst where she completed a thesis on English-Spanish bilingual children's language usage. She received her graduate degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Boston University. Her post-graduate clinical fellowship was completed here at Boston Children’s Hospital Feeding & Swallowing Program. Her current clinical responsibilities include diagnostic clinical feeding evaluations and modified barium swallow studies.

Masha is a member of the Aerodigestive Center, a multidisciplinary group in which she collaborates closely with Gastroenterology, Nutrition, and Pulmonology to develop safe feeding plans for infants and children. She is also a member of the Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation, a leading center in the treatment of children with short bowel syndrome.