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* '''Music:''' </font>Maya is a singer and guitarist, currently playing at coffeeshops and bars either alone or with a small group of others.  The band's music is eclectic and often pagan: a fusion that pulls influences from folk. kirtan, world music, and fringe artists like Tina Malia and Suzanne Sterling.  They do a few covers from those two and others, but most of the music they perform these days is their own, much of it written by Maya along with the group's string player.  When she performs alone, Maya plays a wide-ranging blend of covers as well as some of her own songs. Much of that music is inspiring, hopeful stuff, about love and compassion, about nature, about raising voices and changing the world.

* '''Pagan:'''</font> She's a devout pagan, a priestess for a local coven of like-minded people, and interested in all sorts of occult subjects.  Maya's part of the Reclaiming Collective, and she's put out word to Reclaiming as well as to university pagan groups, the Covenant of the Goddess, and a few Midwestern forums, letting others know that she's building a circle for healing work in the city of Detroit.  She currently works with a small group of others, volunteering for cleanup projects and celebrating most Wiccan holidays with group rituals.

* '''Spirit Speaker:''' </font> Maya is linked somehow to the spirit world.  The Gauntlet is slightly weaker in her presence, and she often has her awareness open to the spirit world.  She also speaks with spirits from time to time--outside a certain boundary in downtown Detroit, at least.  The Umbrood sometimes recognize that she is  one who can see and hear them, and they might try to interact if they need something. Spirits, medicine workers, and other Awakened will likely pick up a vibe of "hawk" around her, and even regular folks will notice it in her eyes sometimes, or the way she tilts her head.

* '''Community and Charity:''' </font> Maya tries to follow the activities of nonprofits in Detroit. She is especially interested in helping those who might be pushing for education reform, or trying to get the arts back into public schools.