MAYA BEANO

Co-founder and Mentor, Equilateral Foundation
Jordanian/British, living in Cambridge, UK
Maya grew up in Jordan and obtained her bachelor’s and master’s in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge. After specialising in medicinal chemistry and graduating in 2013, she worked on the safety of novel medicines for over five years before she became a science communications manager at the global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. Maya mentors young students in STEMM as part of an organisation she co-founded in London, the Equilateral Foundation. In her free time, she enjoys photography – her photography has been featured in international press and exhibited worldwide.
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