Women of Coast: Maya Patel

Why her, why now: When she was 8, Maya Patel’s family moved from the African nation of Zambia all the way to Anaheim in search of better educational opportunities for Patel and her two brothers. In fact, the entire Patel family story could be described as a search for opportunity – first Patel’s father left India for Africa chasing opportunity, and then he moved his family to America for even more.
But to do so they had to sacrifice a successful garment business in Africa and s