MAYA MOMON (Delta Delta-Oklahoma City) Professional Dancer
Kansas City-born and -raised Maya Momon (Delta Delta-Oklahoma City) was born to dance. She took her first dance class — tap — at the tender age of two. All those
shuffle ball changes made her heart swell, and she knew early on that dance was her calling. Fast- forward 25 years: Maya, now 27, is still dancing. She's currently serving as dance captain aboard the Disney Wonder, leading a 30-member ensemble of professional dancers and singers.
“I have to thank my sister for introducing me to dance. She did it first, and I really just wanted to do anything she did,” Maya laughs.
From tap to lyrical and hip-hop to jazz, Maya enrolled in every dance class her local studio offered. At Oklahoma City University (OCU), she studied dance management, leaning into the business side of the industry while continuing to train in the studio and courtside with the OCU Pep Dancers. Her campus involvement didn’t stop there. Maya was active in OCU’s Black Student Association and Students of Art Management, served as a new student orientation leader and joined Alpha Phi during her second semester of freshman year. Within Delta Delta Chapter, she served as director of sisterhood and chapter president. Today, Maya is Delta Delta’s health, wellness and accountability advisor.
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