Maya has been working at the intersection of new media, digital technologies, gender, visual advocacy and activism and human rights as a researcher, writer, and information-activist. She spent the past eight years with Tactical Technology Collective in Bangalore and Berlin where she was the Director of Applied Research. She is a doctoral candidate at Leuphana University in Germany, investigating machine learning, ethics and accountability. She has presented at technology, activism, art and academic events like Eyeo Festival, re:publica, Transmediale, Chaos Communication Congress,  Theorizing The Web, Netzpolitik, and at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, among others.