Maya Maltez

At George Washington University, Maya served as a Captain of the university’s nationally competitive Mock Trial team and was a Women's Leadership Program Honors Scholar. She has also served as a Student Advisory Board member with the American Mock Trial Association and gained public service and sustainability experience through roles with the Office of U.S. Senator Cory Booker and the Smithsonian Institution Science Center.

Maya earned a 178 on the LSAT through continued dedication, giving her insight into how students can make major score gains through disciplined, strategic preparation. Her greatest strength as a tutor is her ability to simplify the LSAT. She believes the exam is often taught in a complicated way, leaving students overwhelmed by terminology, strategies, and rules. Instead, she teaches students how to translate difficult arguments and passages into their own words, making complex ideas easier to understand. Students she has tutored have been accepted to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, the University of Michigan Law School, the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, and others. 

Maya’s teaching style follows an “I do, we do, you do” model. Maya first demonstrates a concept or question type, then works through examples collaboratively with students before gradually transitioning responsibility to them. Her approach emphasizes attacking every argument, identifying why a conclusion doesn’t necessarily follow from the evidence, predicting the correct answer, and learning to enjoy the challenge of the test rather than fear it. 

Maya is passionate about tutoring because she knows how transformative a strong LSAT score can be. Throughout her own journey, she benefited from mentors who challenged her to trust her reasoning and think critically. Watching students achieve scores they once thought were out of reach remains the most rewarding part of her work.

Outside of tutoring, Maya enjoys running, boxing, and fiction books (ask her about Project Hail Mary or Fourth Wing!). She can also solve a Rubik’s cube in under 30 seconds.