Maya K. Watson

General Motors Scholar, Wayne State University Law School.

Maya has distinguished herself in a number of ways as a leader within the City of Detroit community. She is one of the founders of the Detroit City Council's Task Force named "Young Adults Re-Claiming Detroit" (YARD), and the national awardee of the National Council of Negro Women's Student Leader of the Year. She has been an activist with the Michigan NAACP, and is a founding member of Women Empowered. Maya is a leader within Wayne’s Black Law Students Association, is an elected member of the Wayne State University Student Board of Governors, and she serves on the Moot Court Outside Competition Team.