Maya is a journalist and communications professional focused on social justice and issues that specifically impact people of color. Maya claims both Hampton, Virginia and Atlanta, Georgia as home, but has settled in the D.C. area for now, where she serves as a communications associate at Advancement Project National Office. Maya is a communications fellow with Community Change, a national social justice organization based in D.C., where she covers issues impacting low income families and people of color, as well as the work of advocates and organizers doing the work to mobilize marginalized communities across the country.