Maya Brooks is an accomplished product manager, educator, speaker, and entrepreneur who has spent the majority of her career working in the intersection of Fintech and EdTech industries. Based in New York City, Maya has years of experience working in several roles in the tech and finance sector, including Senior Product Manager at IFundWomen, Business Associate at Barclays Fintech Accelerator at Techstars, and Commercial Banker, Associate at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Maya is also a gifted educator who has facilitated several workshops and counseled over 100 early-stage entrepreneurs on how to build revenue-generating MVPs. She has also taught thousands of people to code via General Assembly and COFFEE & CODED LLC, which she founded in 2018. Maya is currently expanding her education by pursuing an MBA at Harvard Business School while building her next project, Privy, a blockchain-enabled secure messaging app.

As a speaker, Maya has shared her expertise as a workshop leader, panelist, and featured product speaker at events such as the TechCrunch Disrupt Virtual Conference, Her Product Lab, and Black Women Talk Tech Face of a Founder Summit. As a writer, Maya has contributed articles to Boss Babe and has appeared as a panelist at conferences such as the Target Incubator Conference powered by NextGen Summit, Women of Color & Capital Conference, SheLeads 2019 Conference, and Startup Investment and Community Capital Expo, among others.

Maya's education includes a Bachelor's degree in Economics from New York University and professional certifications in Web Development, JavaScript, Python, and Cybersecurity. She also maintains an active personal website at http://mayanbrooks.com, which showcases her portfolio of work.