Speaker announcement! Maya Jama

Another TEDx speaker has been confirmed, and it's Maya Jama! The TV, radio, and online presenter is going to be giving her talk on resilience and overcoming hardships as a young person, and there will be more details to come on her speech soon.

Her first big TV job was on MTVbase show 'TheWrapUp' as a host in August 2014, and at the age of 20 she went on to host MTVessentials and MTV News. Now she has moved to Live TV Skills and hosts popular shows such as 'Shoutouts' and 'Trending Live'. Recently, she was named Rising Star for 2016 by Hello Magazine, and she has interviewed people such as Alesha Dixon, Craig David, Kevin Hart, Icecube, Alessia Cara, and many more.

Want to find out more? you can follow Maya or TEDxYouth@ISA on Twitter and Instagram to keep up to date! - Instagram @mayajama // Twitter - @MayaJama - Instagram @tedxyouthisa // Twitter - @tedxyouthisa