
I鈥檓 proud to be a part of celebrating our brilliant and vibrant community of women of color at Hopkins.
- Name
- Maya
- Class of
- 2020
- Neuroscience
For Maya Foster, college represented an opportunity to pursue her many passions with the force of an erupting volcano.
The neuroscience major is the founder of Voices of Color, an annual networking event that brings together Johns Hopkins students, alumnae, faculty, and staff who identify as women of color. With the help of alumna and university trustee Renee Chenault-Fattah, Foster has on Johns Hopkins campuses and beyond.
鈥淏efore college, I didn鈥檛 realize how much I had been yearning to find people who looked like me and who had the same interests and experiences that I鈥檝e had,鈥 Foster says. 鈥淚鈥檓 proud to be a part of celebrating our brilliant and vibrant community of women of color at Hopkins.鈥
At Hopkins, Foster has also grown academically and artistically. She鈥檚 passionate about learning French and hopes to apply to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to study in a French-speaking country like Morocco. She plans to begin applying to graduate programs that combine her love of neuroscience with her other interdisciplinary interests like computer science. And she鈥檚 still found time to pursue her love of playing the cello.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 like being confined to a niche,鈥 she says. 鈥淗opkins is full of hidden gems鈥攗nique artistic opportunities, cool events, supportive faculty, and a diverse community. If you have initiative, in my experience, all sorts of things can open up for you.鈥