Maya is a young African-American girl. She’s an activist who marches to the beat of her own drum. She's quite mature for her age and never hesitates to shut anyone down with her honesty and wisdom. She is skeptical of social cliques and distances herself from Penny and her crew. Maya is a teenage black girl with black hair streaked with brown and styled into cornrows and brown eyes. She sports a khaki jacket over a white shirt, ripped blue jeans and green sneakers.