About the speaker
Maya Ojalvo Oren is a creative director, cinematographer, photographer, and writer. She is the founder of MOJALVO, a brand experience consultancy, and writes On Holiday, a newsletter exploring intentional and intuitive living. Her work has taken her worldwide to produce creative content for food, hospitality, travel, and lifestyle brands.
Maya is a first-generation American who grew up between South Florida and Connecticut. Having half Israeli and half Trinidadian heritage led her to develop a keen interest in celebrating culture and a passion for keeping traditions alive.
Maya has directed the brand experience and programming at The LINE Hotel in Adam’s Morgan for the last year and a half. Her work has focused on developing creative and wellness-focused programming for the community and hotel guests.
Maya is also a wellness and new-age practitioner with teaching certifications for both Vinyasa and Kundalini yoga. She has taught visioning and meditation workshops incorporating breathwork and journaling and meditative movement gatherings that encourage participants to move with freedom.
Local partners
A Counter Narrative, Lived Daily & Told Monthly. We square up with the harsh realities and heavy statistics to find glimmers of solution, of fearlessness and faithfulness, of hope. Together we reject cynicism, defy apathy, and celebrate good that the world needs more of.
An award-winning, multi-disciplinary team specializing in creative strategy, content production, brand evolution, graphic design, data visualization, film production, UX/UI design, web development, and social media marketing. Creative is a for-profit agency whose primary function is to support the work of BitterSweet Monthly, the heartbeat of our creative group. With Monthly, we square up with the harsh realities and heavy statistics to find glimmers of solution, of fearlessness and faithfulness, of hope. Working together to reject cynicism, defy apathy, and celebrate good that the world needs more of.
Additional details
Our May event will be hosted at Sixth & I. The address is 600 I St NW, Washington, DC 2000, and is Metro accessible by way of Chinatown.