The Kids Boxing Program Making Champions Out of Underdogs
The Give a Kid a Dream program is giving children the tools to be successful in the ring and in life.
Maya Brown
Maya Brown is a former NBCU Academy Storyteller. Previously, she was an associate reporter on NBC News' social newsgathering team where she was nominated for three Emmys. As an Afro-Latina, she loves to tell stories related to race and equality.
Latest Posts from Maya Brown
The Brooklyn Community That Wants Youth to Stop Shooting and Start Living
Save Our Streets canvasses the neighborhood of Crown Heights with a mission of ending gun violence and prioritizing healing.
How Chalk Artists Are Drawing the Line at Street Harassment
Catcalls of NYC is covering city sidewalks with the unwanted phrases hollered at women.
The Dolls Teaching Girls of Color to Love Their Natural Hair
Healthy Roots Dolls wants young girls to embrace their curls and see themselves in their dolls.
Bringing Parental Incarceration Out of the Shadows
The youth-led organization We Got Us Now is reuniting families and changing policy on mass incarceration.
The Cancer Survivor Educating Black Women Through Beauty Kits
Tiah Tomlin-Harris says she founded her cancer support organization out of the need to ‘connect with people who looked like me.’
