Bio
Maya Chupkov is a filmmaker, author, podcaster, producer, and lifelong stutterer who spent the last decade advocating for issues relating to media justice, environmental justice, disability justice, criminal justice reform, affordable housing, and who is actively working to grow a speech diverse movement. Chupkov led the successful effort to declare the second week of May as National Stuttering Awareness Week in San Francisco, one of the first cities in history to do so. Chupkov launched Proud Stutter, a multi-award winning show about the stuttering experiences, in October 2021, and has appeared on NPR, San Francisco Examiner, KQED, Accessibility Magazine, and on Apple Podcast’s New & Noteworthy. She has spoken at several conferences, including Podcast Movement, the National Stuttering Association, British Stammering Association, and at the Independent News Sustainability Summit. Chupkov is the Media & Democracy Program Manager at California Common Cause where she leads initiatives to pass local journalism policy across the country.
