Meet Maya.

She/Her

Maya, also known as Ms. Maya or Mayanicol, is an interdisciplinary artist, composer, and educator who uses art as a vessel for consciousness, connection, and collective restoration. Her work lives at the intersection of art, embodied awareness, and restoration — rooted in a lifelong question: “Where do I belong?”

A childhood actress and dancer, Maya’s creative path began on television sets under the direction of artists such as Debbie Allen and in the dance studios of Karen McDonald, Eartha Robinson, and KaRon Brown Lehman. She continued her training at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Alonzo King LINES Ballet, experiences that shaped her understanding of movement as both discipline and liberation.

While Maya’s heritage is multi-ethnic, she identifies as a Black American woman — a truth that grounds and informs her art. Guided by lived experience and the complexities of identity, she explores themes of belonging, wholeness, and renewal through her creative practice. She describes her work as the creation of containers — sacred spaces where storytelling, dance, sound, and education merge to expand awareness and nurture restoration.

Through her sound transmissions — immersive compositions and interactive listening experiences — Maya explores how vibration, movement, and story can regulate the nervous system and nurture connection. Rooted in somatic practice and collective care, her work bridges ancestral knowledge and contemporary research in sound, consciousness, and community wellbeing.

The daughter of singer-songwriter Sheree Brown, Maya carries forward a generational lineage of artistic expression and collaboration. As a teaching artist, she is dedicated to creating “safe-enough spaces” where children can explore identity, imagination, and belonging through art. Her mission is to help others — especially young people — discover their own sense of belonging, wholeness, and creative power.

Everything Maya creates — from sound to movement to space — is rooted in purpose. Her education, professional experience, and lived journey converge in service of a singular vision: to offer art as a living practice of presence, reflection, and restoration.