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Maya Denaé Taylor is a fourth-year journalism major in their first semester at The State Hornet. Maya has previously worked as a co-host and producer for The Student Impact Report with the Student Basic Needs Coalition. Outside the newsroom, she works as the vice president of Her Campus and station manager at KSSU, Sacramento State’s student-run radio station. Furthermore, she is a 2025 Justice for Black Girls Black Girlhood Studies Fellow, where she is able to expand upon her deep interest in Black feminist theory, philosophy and literature.