125: [Maya] In Living Mode
What Came Next
Broken Cycle Media
4.4 • 627 Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Maya is a teacher, artist, and multi-crime survivor from Los Angeles. After finishing her undergraduate degree in Spanish in 1996 (at the age of 22), Maya found herself seeking direction. But it was only a couple months after her graduation that she experienced a life-changing armed robbery. Not long after that, she would travel to Argentina and forge a new life for herself far from the San Fernando Valley. However, she would be faced with even more tumult and trauma when financial, political, and socioeconomic crises in her new home increased crime rates, exposing her to the harsh reality of a nation’s unrest. The Broken Cycle Media team is so grateful Maya was willing to share all that came next for her as a her multi-crime survivor, and Amy is especially, personally grateful for her because she’s one of Amy's best friends and cousin.
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| 0:00.0 | What Came Next is intended for mature audiences only. |
| 0:04.3 | Episodes discuss topics that can be triggering, |
| 0:07.0 | such as emotional, physical, and sexual violence, animal abuse, suicide, and murder. |
| 0:13.6 | I am not a therapist, nor am I a doctor. |
| 0:16.9 | If you're in need of support, please visit Something Was Wrong.com |
| 0:20.6 | forward slash resources for a list of non-profit organizations that can help. |
| 0:26.1 | Opinions expressed by my guests on the show are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of myself or broken cycle media. |
| 0:34.8 | Resources and source material are linked in the episode notes. Thank you so much for listening. Maya is a teacher, artist, and multi-crime survivor from Los Angeles. |
| 1:13.4 | After finishing her undergraduate degree in Spanish at the age of 22, Maya found herself seeking direction. But it was only a couple months |
| 1:19.8 | after her graduation that she experienced a life-changing armed robbery. Not long after that, |
| 1:26.5 | she would travel to Argentina and forge a new life for |
| 1:29.4 | herself, far from the San Fernando Valley. However, she would be faced with even more tumultant |
| 1:35.7 | trauma when political and socioeconomic crises in her new home increased crime rates, exposing her |
| 1:42.8 | to the harsh reality of a nation's unrest. |
| 1:46.7 | The Broken Cycle Media team is so grateful that Maya was willing to share all that came |
| 1:51.0 | next for her as a multi-crime survivor. And I am especially personally grateful for her |
| 1:56.9 | because she's one of my best friends and my cousin. |
| 2:10.5 | Hi, my name's Maya. I'm Amy's cousin and I am so happy to be here. It's an honor to be part of your podcast. I was very surprised to be invited. I didn't realize I had so much to share until we started |
| 2:17.2 | talking about it. I was raised by a |
| 2:20.8 | strong woman that knew what she wanted, went after it. She was a teacher, an artist, a traveler, |
| 2:29.0 | an inspiration to everyone, a survivor herself of cancer various times times. She counseled cancer survivors, and that |
| 2:36.1 | to me is so admirable. What my mom taught me is just the passion for life, for teaching, |
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