Maya joined Just Fair in October 2025. She has worked as a researcher across diverse contexts, including with the NGO Penny Appeal on malnutrition among Rohingya refugees; at the cross-party think tank Demos shaping public policy on food security and local economic growth post-Covid; and most recently at UCL documenting state-perpetrated atrocities. Alongside her research, she brings operational experience, having organised international and domestic conferences and managed human resources and digital communications for a range of organisations. Maya is a part-time PhD candidate at the University of Essex, researching transnational mobilisation, state repression, and diaspora politics. In her spare time, she volunteers with The Listening Place as a Supervising Volunteer, and enjoys cooking, baking, and dancing.