Maya Gonzalez is an award-winning children’s book artist, author, activist, publisher, and progressive educator. Maya's work addresses systemic inequity in relation to race/ethnicity, sexism and cissexism using children’s books as radical agents of change and healing, both personally and culturally. Maya co-founded Reflection Press, a POC, queer and trans owned independent publishing house that uses holistic and anti-oppression frameworks in their books and educational materials. Maya is also the creator of the Gender Wheel, an approach to gender and body diversity that is nature-based, decolonized and holistic, and provides trainings and workshops to educators, parents and caregivers. www.mayagonzalez.com | www.genderwheel.com | www.reflectionpress.com

Experience

Featured Speaker & Keynotes (2010 – Present)

Speaking on topics from gender expansion to creative agency.

• Selected Venues: University of San Francisco Critical Diversity Studies Forum, IRSCL Congress - Ecologies of Childhood; Santa Clara County Day of Racial Healing, University of South Carolina College of Education; The Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California; The Institute for Social and Emotional Learning; Kansas State University; National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Conference; Gender Spectrum Professional’s Symposium; Teachers For Social Justice; University of San Francisco School of Education; American Federation of Teachers; University of Oregon; Fresno State Artist in Residence; University of Arizona College of Education

Independent Publisher (2009 – Present)

Cofounded Reflection Press - a POC, queer & trans-owned publishing house that produces books and materials rooted in holistic, nature-based and anti-oppression frameworks.

Educator Trainings (1996 – Present)

Trainings in Gender Wheel® & Claiming Face Curriculums.

• Selected Venues: Santa Clara County Office of LGBTQ Affairs, Santa Clara County Behavioral Health, First 5 Alameda County; BANANAS Inc.; University of Oregon; Cal State University-Monterey Bay; Children’s Book Press Outreach Program; WritersCorp

K-12 Workshops for Children (1989 – 2014)

Designed, developed and facilitated workshops for kids on self-empowerment through self-portraiture/Claiming Face Curriculum.

• Selected Venues: San Francisco Unified School District and other Bay Area Schools; Los Angeles School Districts; GENaustin - Girls Empowerment Network of Austin; Private & Public Schools across the US