[3] Penn is also an animator and artist, drawing cartoon characters from an early age.

She premiered a clip of The Pollinators and another animated series called Malicious Dishes at TEDWomen 2013.

[4] In 2022, she completed her first film Asali: Power of The Pollinators which is an animated action-adventure short.

Penn was named to Oprah's SuperSoul 100 list of visionaries and influential leaders in 2016.

[7] Maya has also been featured in various magazines, podcasts, TV and radio programmes, and guest edited the 17th Edition of Eluxe Magazine,[8] which focused on sustainability and Generation Z. FF*First Maya Penn TED talk