- Hello, my name is Maya.
I am a video producer for PeroLike,
and today I am going to be answering questions
while decorating some cakes.
I'm so excited.
I'm not the best at decorating cakes.
My anxiety's at like a 10, but it's fine.
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I started mayainthemoment.com
which is a blog, when I was 16 years old,
even back then when I was 16,
I was so like, "I need to live in the moment more."
And so I wanted a Disney Channel, Nickelodeon-type name,
so I was like, "How about Maya in the Moment?"
I used to practice doing the little Disney ears.
I used to be like, "Hi, I'm Maya from Maya in the Moment
"and you're watching Disney Channel."
(marker scratches)
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Ashly Perez has her series called "Unfortunatly Ashly",
and I played the ghost of Christmas Future,
or no, Christmas Present.
Oh wow, I had a moment.
I had never really done acting before.
It was really cool.
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I love chili relleno, like poblano.
It was that, but it had this special sauce over it.
I'm Mexican, and I don't understand
why we eat straight-up spicy stuff in the morning,
like chilaquiles or just green chili or red chili
in the morning.
I think I'm gonna save these last three cupcakes for later
and start working on the cakes.
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What's that movie with the girl
and the, it's like a doll house,
and then she makes the doll house.
She's a mom.
- [Producer] "Hereditary"?
- "Hereditary"
(laughter)
I love "Unsolved".
I saw the recent one, it was called
"A House Haunting of Loey Lane",
and they were like, "The way you attract demons
"is by being vulnerable and alone in your house."
And I was vulnerable and alone in my house.
I'm making this cake with so much love, good intentions.
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I love Mexican slang.
Oh, look at this chocolate cake.
You would say, (foreign language).
It's more of like fool.
Whenever I say bye to anyone who I know
who is Mexican-American, I always say (foreign language),
which is like I'll see you later.
But if you break it down, "te" is you,
and "watcho" is obviously watch.
And it's something that I love because I grew up with that.
Mexican-American is its own sub-culture.
You know what?
That's as good as it's gonna get.
(spatula crashes)
Jesus.
Stop.
Calm down.
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A couple weeks ago, when I got to sing at this concert
that was called "Selena for Sanctuary",
I've never done it with a full live band
and in front of hundreds of people.
All my friends showed up and some of my family members.
That was my favorite moment, seeing them in the crowd,
supporting me.
I'm trying to get that sweetness and the crunch.
Cause like I said, this is still a fire sign cake,
so we're sweet, but we have that crunch.
If you're a fire sign, you know what that means.
They get it.
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I am a proud Mexican, okay?
But your girl does not like tomatoes, onions, or cilantro.
But it also doesn't make me any less Mexican, so.
Now that I'm putting on these gold flakes,
I'm thinking I should've just left it blank,
but I have to commit, which is a fire sign trait
that we know nothing about, commitment.
I think this is done.
She's had her moment.
She's a little lopsided, but aren't we all?
I think I'm gonna put her aside
and finish the rest of the cupcakes.
I think I want to keep with the color palette.
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I've never made a Tasty recipe at home,
but I feel like that's like
if your grandma gives you a recipe,
you should probably do it.
I'm not saying Tasty is a grandma.
(crickets squeak)
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My favorite song right now is,
Cody Simpson made this song for Miley freakin' Cyrus,
and it's called "Golden", and it's so cute.
Look at that.
Yes.
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I've been saying "do the thing" for about a year now.
Only you know what the thing is.
So when I say, "Do the thing", what pops up in your mind,
that's the thing you should do.
Muah.
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I think my recent favorite Instagram post has to be,
I was in Mexico, and I looked like a freakin' spy,
so I made a video basically that was a spy trailer.
Her name is Maria La Espia, which is spy in Spanish.
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Thank you for that.
Thank you for sharing your story
because it made me feel more comfortable
or come to terms with certain things
that I've been struggling with.
And I think that's when social media is at its prime,
when we are able to help each other relate
and heal those little traumas that we have.
Cause we all have them.
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The last time I was in Mexico,
I was in this vibe where I was like,
"I just feel like a Mexican pop star."
And so, her name was Mariana.
And her long line is (foreign language).
It means, hi, my name is Mariana.
I am going to sing a song about my broken heart.
It broke.
I do this character on my Instagram
that's like a mom who's trying to get her kids ready
to go to Disney Land.
She's just like, "Come on, let's go.
"Get in the car.
"We're gonna go to Disney Land."
And then she realizes that she forgot the tickets,
and that the tickets are for the next day.
I think I'm kind of done,
and now I'm going to assemble it
the way I envision in my head.
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It's definitely my mom,
who has her own website and business.
Instead of a quinceanera or a Sweet 16,
she bought me my own website domain name,
which was Maya in the Moment.
She's just been great on guiding me
to be very mindful of what I am posting.
Always make sure it has a message that could help someone
or make them laugh or make their day better.
It's really cool and something I'm definitely going
to carry on to my children when I have them in 100 years.
Okay, well, this is my cake.
I had so much fun making it.
And hopefully you had fun watching it,
and learning some facts about me.
If you want to follow me, you can follow me
@mayainthemoment, M-A-Y-Ainthemoment,
and also PeroLike.
We have a bunch of awesome videos,
and you should go watch them.
Now I think I'm just gonna go share this cake with them.
- [Host] Oh, yes.
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