Maya McNeill

Wellesley High School Writer: Maya McNeill (2023)

WHS senior Maya McNeill (WHS 2023) closed the Roots and Wings event with an impassioned reading of her searing poem “The Intentions of Poetry.” Maya, a veteran of open mic sessions, has already published a poem in the collection To My Kin, and has applied to several of the Historically Black Colleges for next fall.

       Maya, a senior at WHS, was selected to read one of her poems at the “Roots and Wings” event on October 12, 2022.  As a member of the creative organization 617 Peak, a platform for Boston youth to find their voices by sharing their stories through written and spoken forms, Maya is a veteran of open mic sessions in the city and enjoys performance poetry. For her, poetry is her way of nurturing her mind, body, and soul. She has already published a poem in the collection To My Kin. When she is not writing or performing, she works at City Hall in Boston. She has applied to several of the Historically Black Colleges for next fall.