Nonprofit Spotlight: Why I Support Breakthrough Austin
I appreciated the opportunity to speak at Breakthrough Austin’s Beat the Odds Benefit. I shared my newcomer’s perspective on
Read the postHow to Organize Your Greeting Cards Because You Care
Greeting cards are a wonderful way to express appreciation for the people in your life–if you can pick one up before the
Read the postAre You Raising a Reader?
It’s hard to know where a parent’s work ends in supporting children’s academic achievement. Witness the helicopter parent
Read the postNew Fiction Confab to Feature Kaitlyn Greenidge, Virginia Reeves and Maya Smart
Please join me on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at the John Henry Faulk Central Library, 800 Guadalupe St., Austin, TX for the New
Read the postI, Too, Arts Collective
Hi, I’m Maya, and I’d love to tell you about the I, Too, Arts Collective. This is a new non-profit initiative being
Read the postAustin Writers Resist: A Counter-Inauguration
I was honored to stand with Austin’s writing community and writers across the country for an evening of rapid-fire
Read the postMychal Denzel Smith On Social Transformation Through Personal Awakening
Necessary and audacious, Mychal Denzel Smith’s assured debut, Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching, fuses
Read the postReady to Amplify Austin? Here’s How.
As a relatively new Austinite, I was honored to join Kendra Scott, Mayor Steve Adler, Andy Roddick, Brooklyn Decker, Aaron
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