ABOUT MAYA

Maya (she/her) is a filmmaker, journalist, and student from Stockton, California. She produces narrative shorts, documentaries, and digital marketing materials. 

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She served as an editor for the Yale Daily News's video journalism desk for two years. She's also worked as a contractor for Hearst Media Group, and an assistant on Bright Leaf Pictures's feature documentary on Ban Ki-moon, and is a recipient of the Mark Gordon Summer Journalism Fellowship. In 2023 she co-directed the documentary short, Pareidolia (2023), which won the Best Documentary Award at the Yale Student Film Festival.

She is a senior at Yale University pursuing two bachelor of arts degrees in history and art with a concentration in filmmaking. She is currently working on a feature length documentary on the state of local journalism in her hometown.