Maya McCann

Equal Justice Works Fellow

During law school, Maya worked as a legal intern for the Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, and a student attorney for the Central West Justice Center’s Migrant Farmworker Unit, DOVE (Domestic Violence Ended) Inc.’s Housing Unit, and Northeastern University School of Law’s Immigrant Justice Clinic. Maya was also a teaching assistant, research assistant, and a two-year lawyering fellow for the Legal Skills in Social Contexts Program. Prior to attending law school, Maya worked for two years as a paralegal for Heisler, Feldman, & McCormick, P.C., a law firm serving low-income clients with cases involving tenant’s rights, employee rights, employment and housing discrimination, and consumer protection issues. While working as a paralegal, Maya also participated in the Young Women’s Advisory Council of the Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts and coached high school girls’ soccer. As an undergraduate student, Maya interned for Senator Elizabeth Warren, the Springfield District Court Service Center, Soccer Without Borders, Gardening the Community, and DevelopSpringfield. Maya is a Springfield native deeply invested in her community, trained in domestic violence and trauma response, and is fluent in Spanish.