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Maya Wiley is a civil rights activist and counsel to the Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio.
Biography
Wiley grew up in Washington, D.C. Her father was the civil rights leader George A. Wiley, who inspired her to focus on progressive issues.
Before being appointed counsel to the mayor in 2014, she worked for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Open Society Institute. She also founded and served as president of the Center for Social Inclusion, a national policy strategy organization dedicated to dismantling structural racism. In 2013, she was rumored to be in line for the presidency of the NAACP, but the post went instead to Cornell William Brooks.
Wiley lives in Brooklyn, New York, and has two daughters.
