Maya Chupkov
“The women’s podcast festival is so necessary right now because the industry is quickly evolving and we need to be having conversations to help ensure inclusivity. As a woman who stutters, I am so excited to hear from female and non-binary podcasters across the globe.”
Maya Chupkov
Maya is the producer, creator, editor, and host of Proud Stutter, a podcast about shifting the narrative around stuttering and embracing verbal diversity. She is a writer and community advocate with over eight years of strategic communications experience in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. Maya's work has appeared in New York Times, San Francisco Examiner, KQED Arts & Culture, Poytner, FORTUNE magazine, among others.
As a woman who stutters, she is a stuttering advocate working to shift societal norms around stuttering and lifting up marginalized voices. Maya is working on a book of short stories about growing up with a stutter, women representation, and her journey in podcasting. Her full-time job is the Media & Democracy Program Manager for California Common Cause where she advocates for journalists who serve communities and neighborhoods in California. She lives in San Francisco with her fiancé and dog Lil’ Stu. At the festival Maya will form part of the Global Voices Panel
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