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Maya Brown

Maya Brown is a reporter for NBCU Academy's Storytellers.

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Maya Brown is a reporter for NBCU Academy's Storytellers.

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Latest from Maya Brown

36d ago

Hip-hop therapy is helping high schoolers cope with loss, generational trauma and teen stress

Hip-hop therapy programs are popping up in schools and communities across the country to help young people who may not have access to mental health resources — or who don’t find traditional therapy culturally relevant to them.

With Bad Bunny's 'Debí Tirar Más Fotos' album, nostalgia goes viral on TikTok

Many TikTok users — from Puerto Ricans to South Asians — have posted photos of their family in the two white, plastic chairs like the ones on the Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny's album cover.
230d ago

A free ride, a burger and a cellphone: Helping newly freed people transition out of prison

The Ride Home Program helps people formerly incarcerated in California transition back to society.
412d ago

A Black woman's breast cancer diagnosis led to a community of survivors embracing natural beauty products

Tiah Tomlin-Harris created an online support group in her hometown of Atlanta for other women on their cancer journey, called My Style Matters.

A breast cancer survivor says she didn’t feel supported by doctors. Now she’s the founder of a online support group for Black women

Tiah Tomlin-Harris still remembers the feeling of not being able to breathe when her doctor told her she had triple-negative breast cancer, a rare and aggressive form of the disease, at age 38.
418d ago

The word 'negrita' stirs debate: term of endearment or veiled racism?

Latinos have grown up hearing someone be called "negrita" or "negrito," but the Spanish term, a diminutive of Black, stirs debate over whether it's a term of endearment or a legacy of a racist past.

Workers seen on video denying Jewish customer access to bathroom no longer working at California coffee house

Three Northern California coffee house workers — seen in a viral video denying a Jewish woman access to a bathroom where there was anti-Israeli graffiti — are no longer employed there, owners of the eatery said.
485d ago

Toddler among 6 dead as tornadoes tear across Tennessee

A toddler was among six people killed when tornadoes struck Nashville and the Tennessee town of Clarksville early Saturday evening, officials said.
498d ago

Man arrested after streaking at Disneyland's 'Small World'

A man who stripped down and streaked at Disneyland's "It's a Small World" ride has been arrested and accused of indecent exposure, police said.

Ex-Obama admin official arrested after he was recorded taunting NYC vendor with Islamophobic language

A former national security adviser in the Obama administration has been arrested and charged with harassment and stalking in connection with anti-Islamic statements made to a man at his Manhattan workplace, police said.
505d ago

Highway patrol officer fatally shoots man on Southern California interstate

LOS ANGELES — A California Highway Patrol officer fatally shot a man during a scuffle on a closed interstate Sunday, officials said, in a disturbing confrontation that appeared to be recorded by a bystander.