For the past eight years, Maia has worked for Get Lit as a writer, performer, and teacher, performing for thousands of youth nationwide. Her poems are online viral sensations, and her chapter in the award-winning book Get Lit Rising is the most requested chapter for interviews and live performances. Maia has been featured on the TK Jakes Show, Huffington Post, TEDxYouth, and more. In 2017 she performed in the production of Dante’s Inferno: A Modern Adaption, co-directed and produced by Cynthia Ettinger and Academy Award winner Tim Robbins. Maia now hosts an original web series called Get Lit Globe.

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