| Introduction
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xxxxxCheerful, bubbly, still starry-eyed despite the trials the city's gone through. Usually keen on trying to help other people find that cheer, too, which can lead to a tendency to be kind of meddlesome when she thinks people need cheering-up.
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| History
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xxxxxMaya's had a pleasantly charmed life, born the youngest of three children to an Indian immigrant couple -- both parents doctors, they're not /rich/ but have certainly never been /hurting/ for money. She did well in school but didn't have the stomach for the years of med school her parents (and older sister, and older brother) went through; instead as the /black sheep/ of the family, she went into the (flighty!) career of music. Not so much as a professional musician as as a music /teacher/; she has a love for children and a love for /spreading/ cheer and these things worked great together.
xxxxxShe teaches currently at LaGuardia High School in their instrumental program, and volunteers on the side with a small after-school program she started to help bring the arts to underfunded schools.
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| Skills
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xxxxxMaya can cook Indian food like a boss. She is fluent in Bengali and Spanish, and is pretty good at yoga. Her real talents lie in music, where she plays piano (excellently), cello (pretty well!), and a whole range of other instruments commonly found throughout your average music program at your average American high school. She dabbles in composing, but teaching is her real love.
xxxxxShe has a B.F.A. from Juilliard, and a Master's on top of that with a focus on education; she's only been teaching for a year and a half, since graduating, but she loves it.
xxxxxShe knows Manhattan like the back of her hand and is pretty excellent at bike repair from riding her bike around /everywhere/.
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| Connections
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Friends
Foes
And everything in between
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| Gallery
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| Maya Menon
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| Codename
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None
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| Birthdate
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February 14, 1989
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| Species
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Mutant
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| Affiliation
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Citizens
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| Alignment
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Daydreamer
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| Powers
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None
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| Occupation
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Music Teacher
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| RP Hooks
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| Music Maker - Maya is a high-school music teacher, but also gives private tutoring on the side, primarily in piano and cello.
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| Puppy Love - Often found in the company of her very affable Bernese Mountain Dog, Ratri.
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| I <3 New York! - Really, she does. New Yorker born and bred and almost always up for showing a newcomer around or pointing out all her favourite hidden gems of hangout spots.
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| Share the Road - Bikes all over creation. Is a potentially annoying proponent of everyone else doing the same.
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