San Francisco resident Maya Kini is a visual artist, a poet and a mother of two.  She has an MFA in Metalsmithing & her favorite material is gold. Maya was diagnosed at 41 with Stage III breast cancer, and also carries the PALB2 genetic mutation. Today Maya reads her story “Rip Curl” from Wildfire Magazine’s 2022 “Body” issue.  Her story is about hope and grieving, and accepting body changes while bathing suit shopping in Hawaii.  April and Maya will discuss not ending up with the breast reconstruction that was intended, getting used to a new body, and the parallels between the body and the work Maya creates in metalsmithing. This episode contains explicit language.

More about Maya: https://mayakini.com

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