Paula Maya is an award winning Brazilian pianist-keyboardist, singer, songwriter, band leader, producer, teacher and recording artist. She is a Grammy © and Latin Grammy © Awards ​ voting member and a GrammyU Mentor. She won the 2024 Global Music Awards Silver Medal in the category Best Instrumentalist and has been ​​nominated in the Austin Chronicle Music Awards multiple times including in 2025 and 2024.

She was voted Best Brazilian Songwriter by the Seattle Weekly and was nominated Best Brazilian Musician living in the US by Focus Web News Brazilian International Press Awards.