About Maya
Maya Cederlund graduated summa cum laude from American University in 2025. Cederlund is KCUR 89.3's Summer 2025 News Intern and an incoming candidate at Northwestern University’s D.C. Medill Investigative Lab.
At AU, she served as DEI Editor at her university’s newspaper and was the co-founder and co-president of AU’s Asian American Journalists Association chapter.
Cederlund is a 2025 White House Correspondents’ Association scholar 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.”
Outside of journalism, Cederlund enjoys bouldering, skiing, hiking and baking.