Maya received her BFA in Theatre Performance from the University of Colorado with a focus in applied theatre through the Interactive Theatre Project (a theatre ensemble utilizing Theatre of the Oppressed techniques to address social justice issues on campus). After graduating Maya became an Assistant Director for the Interactive Theatre Project where she began to learn the art form of facilitation under her mentors Trent and Rebecca. She spent time in the education system as a paraprofessional and K-5 Theatre & Dance teacher. She then created the ACTivism Theatre Ensemble, a company of high school and college students performing an educational outreach/prevention play for The SAVA (Sexual Assault Victim Advocacy) Center throughout Colorado. Maya created and toured a one woman show, For Sale - addressing sex trafficking in America throughout the country. She then worked with survivors of sex trafficking and social workers on processing their trauma through the power of theatre. While living in North Carolina, she wrote plays for the Interactive Theatre Carolina at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, exploring race and identity. She founded Restorative Theatre in 2014 at the Dillon Youth Detention Center. She joined Mirror Image Arts (MIA) in 2015 and is now the Executive Director of Programs. MIA's mission is to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline with a passion and purpose to imagine and create collective liberation for all.