MARIA KESTELL, Managing Director

For three decades, Maria served as a communications consultant for professionals working at Fortune 500 companies.

She knows the importance of tax reduction firsthand. One year, she and her husband were working in Alaska with a CPA they thought could help them reduce their tax bill on a nearly seven figure income. The CPA tinkered around the edges, but had little to offer besides donating some art. The money irrevocably lost to taxes could have been hugely beneficial to Maria’s family.

When Maria met Scott Fedyshyn - The Tax Reduction CPA® - everything changed. She partnered with Scott to deliver Redwood Tax Specialists, and is now changing lives one tax plan at a time.   

Maria resides in the evergreen city of Lakewood, Washington. She loves anything to do with travel and adventure, whether sailing, flying in small aircraft with friends, walking on the beach or cooking.

She is also a lifelong learner with a passion for puzzles and math. She enjoys teaching young people a system of heart/emotional intelligence to help them navigate the challenges of adulthood. Maria connects warmly with dogs and cats, and has been the proud partner of a Shih Tzu named Ming and a red tabby named Morris cat. Maria’s life philosophy is: Life is a mirror. What we put out is reflected back to us.