Maya Williams (ey/they/she) is a religious Black multiracial nonbinary suicide survivor who served as Portland, ME's seventh poet laureate for a July 2021 to July 2024 term. Maya is also proud to have contributed prose to venues such as The Rumpus, Black Girl Nerds, LGBTQ Nation, The Daily Beast, Honey Literary, and more. You can follow more of Maya's work at https://www.mayawilliamspoet.com/