Getting to Know Maya

• Why did you choose to attend Mount Holyoke? - The intellectual and academic excellence.
• What do you like best about Mount Holyoke? - I love that I am constantly learning; from the teachers, to the lectures, to the peers, I'm constantly being exposed to new ideas, concepts, and feelings.
• Favorite Sports Movie - Blades of Glory
• Best Sporting Event Ever Attended - Swimming World Championships in Montreal, Canada
• Favorite Pro Sports Team - USA Olympic Swim Team
• Favorite TV Show - House MD
• Favorite Athlete(s) - Ed Moses
• Childhood Idol - Angelina Jolie as Laura Croft Tomb Raider  
• Hobbies - Swimming, Sports, Outdoors, Adventuring, Discussion, Debate, Being with friends, Drawing, Writing, Art, Cooking/baking, Organizing
• Best Concert You Ever Attended - Lady Gaga Monster Ball in Montreal
• Magazine Cover You'd Like to Be On - Shape 
• Biggest Fear - Failure, falling 
• Most Famous Person Ever Met - Harvey Kitel 
• Person You'd Like to Have Dinner With - Professor Jeffery Hancock of Cornell University; he's conducting fascinating information on the biology and psychology of communications and emerging media. 
• Most Prized Possession - My souvenir spoon collection 
• Place You'd Like to Visit - New Zealand 
• First Memory of Your Sport - All my memories include swimming 
• Most Memorable Moment in College Athletics - Only a first year! 
• Pre-Game Rituals - Drinking lots of water, stretching, and doing lots of warm-up. 
• Best Advice From a Coach - "Don't worry. I promise you, this will hurt." 
• If You Had $1 Billion Dollars You Would - Donate it to my club swim team in Vermont 
• Career Aspirations - Neuroscience Major from Mount Holyoke, and a Communications Degree from Cornell