Maya Kesselman
(she/her)
is a native of San Francisco and was part of the San Francisco Youth Circus at the Circus Center from ages 10-18. Her dream of becoming a traveling circus artist started coming true when she attended L’Ecole Superieure des Arts de Cirque in Brussels, Belgium. After graduating with the hoop diving trio, Trio Anneaux, Maya went on to win a gold medal and the Public’s Choice award at The Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain. After touring Europe with her trio, she went on to perform in Cirque du Soleil’s Luzia. She has also done three tours with Midnight Circus in Chicago, and co-founded the Belgian circus company, Back Pocket, touring as an artist in their first show, La Vrille du Chat.