Maya Luz Molina-Araujo, studied at Massachusetts College of Art & Design, graduating with distinction. Soon after, Maya was chosen to compete in the Emmy award-winning design challenge series, Project Runway on Lifetime Television.

Maya's work spans not only design, but also visual art, illustration, writing, music, podcast production, and Dj’ing.

Her fashion design experience includes numerous private commissions, as well as working with luxury fashion brands and art institutions including, Hannah Marshall, Proenza Schouler, Coach, Ohne Titel, Calvin Klein Collection, Anne Klien, and the Guggenheim Museum Store, in which she designed a capsule collection inspired by the work of artist Hilma af Klint, in alignment with the artist’s premiere exhibition for the Museum’s Gift Shop.

Maya has been recognized by such organizations as Vouge, PVH-Phillips Van Heusen, Scholastic Publishing, GenArt, Core 77, Architectural Digest, Harper’s Bazaar, Zink Magazine and was nominated as an Outstanding Alumni by Massachusetts College of Art & Design.

In 2018, Maya was commissioned by the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, to create a one-of-a-kind capsule collection of handmade sculptural handbags, for exclusive purchase at the Museum’s Gift Shop. The designs were created especially to align with the exhibition, Rare Bird of Fashion: A Tribute to Iris Apfel, in honor of the celebrated fashion icon and the Museum’s newly constructed fashion wing. Maya’s design currently resides in the Museum’s permanent collection.

Maya continues to design fashion and create art, in New York City.