Maya Mayhem

Number: 5' 3"
Position: Blocker
Likes: Tequila and Avocados. Snooze Buttons.
Dislikes: Coffee. Mornings.
Fun Facts: "When I was only a few days old, my mother threw me across the bed!"

Maya Mayhem was born the only child to an absent father and a mother who would become emotionally distant. After her parents’ divorce, when Maya was two, she was sent to live with her maternal grandmother. Maya's mother would have to seek a suitable environment for a young child before she could regain custody…

At the age of five, after having had her grandmother as the only parental figure in her life, Maya was sent to live with her birth mother who had remarried a successful Guatemalan business man. Maya's stepfather owned several coffee plantations in Panajachel, Guatemala, which meant Maya would have to relocate to Central America. At a young age, Maya had to quickly adjust to a new home environment and a new culture…

In 1989 Maya's stepfather was killed in a tragic accident of which the details were never fully explained to Maya's mother. One resounding result of his death was that it left Maya and her mother with a limited inheritance of his finances. The ownership of the coffee plantations was transferred to the government and Maya and her mother were given specific instructions to leave the country. Soon thereafter Maya and her mother returned to Texas to live with Maya's grandmother. Due to this chaotic series of events so early in Maya's life, the remaining years of her childhood were filled with question and uncertainty…

On her 12th birthday, Maya was given a pair of pink and white roller skates. While she was not completely fond of the color scheme, Maya was thrilled with the notion of having wheels under her feet. Somehow, her mind translated that as a form of freedom, and a passion that served as an escape for a quiet girl that found solitude as her best friend. From that point on until early adulthood, Maya's weekends and summers were spent at the local roller rink…

Many years later, in Austin, Texas, while rushing down Red River, a street that always made Maya extremely nervous, the heel on one of her shoes broke. As she awkwardly attempted to gather herself she noticed some rowdy girls walking in her direction yelling out "Winners!" and, "We Win!" Trying to be discreet about her interest in what these girls had won Maya took off both of her shoes and made her best effort to continue on her way unnoticed.

As the girls approached, one of them snarled, "It's not smart to walk around here with bare feet." She then reached into the gym bag slung over her shoulder and handed Maya a pair of skates. Maya had not skated in ages. Her eyes widened as thoughts of skating embraced her. The idea of wheels under her feet translated once again into freedom and escape. She hesitated for a minute. One of the girls laughed while the others looked at Maya with questioning glances. "We're not here to judge," said the tiny one with a faded tear beneath her right eye.

Maya re-emerged from her reminiscing and took the pair of skates. She put them on and skated alongside the rowdy girls, who had hinted at her to follow them. Still wondering why these girls had been yelling "Winners" down the street, Maya was about to ask when an empty bottle of tequila fell out of the gym bag that the skates had come from...

Maya Mayhem has since gone on to be a Winner alongside las Putas del Fuego.