Founder and CEO of Maya’s Cookies

Maya Madsen is the founder and CEO of Maya’s Cookies, America’s #1 Black-owned gourmet, vegan cookie company. She started the business in 2015, after she struggled to find a gourmet, decadent vegan cookie that satisfied her sweet tooth so she started baking them herself. She started small, sharing her cookies with friends and family and eventually transitioned into the local farmers market scene. Fast forward to now, Maya’s Cookies now operates their own facility to ship their cookies nationwide, have two flagship stores in San Diego and San Marcos and have established themselves as a national brand.