About Maya
Maya Cederlund is Fall 2026 candidate at Northwestern University’s D.C. Medill Investigative Lab and a 2025 White House Correspondents’ Association scholar.
She graduated summa cum laude from American University in May 2025, where she served as DEI Editor at The American University Eagle and was the co-founder and co-president of AU’s Asian American Journalists Association chapter.
This summer, Cederlund was a News Intern for NPR-affiliate KCUR 89.3 and a reporting fellow for the Investigative Reporting Workshop.
Her two-year investigation into AU’s Title IX office won a regional award from the Society of Professional Journalists, and her piece about adoptees is listed under NBC Asian America’s Editor’s Picks section, a “selection of the best reporting and most interesting stories from NBC News.”