A curated collection of my writing and talks, exploring design systems, accessibility, and the intersection of technology and public good. I'm Maya Benari—a designer focused on building flexible, scalable systems that empower teams and support meaningful products

✍️ Writing

• Building a Large-Scale Design System for the U.S. Government · Smashing Magazine
• Introducing USWDS 2.0: Reinvent the experience, not the wheel · USWDS / Digital.gov
• Introducing Accessibility for Teams · Digital.gov
• Developing the Draft U.S. Web Design Standards’ UI Components · 18F
• How to Integrate the Draft USWDS into Existing Projects · 18F
• Best Practices for Building an Accessible Website Using the Draft USWDS · 18F
• Introducing the U.S. Web Design Standards · 18F
• Why I’m Coding for America · Code for America Blog
• Conversation: Code for America Fellow Maya Benari · Rivard Report
• Case Study: Rooted · WooThemes

🎤 Speaking

• Clarity Conference · Clarity
• The Big Web Show (Ep. 136) · 5by5
• Style Guides Podcast · Styleguides.io
• ShopTalk Show (Ep. 209) · ShopTalk Show
• NASA Talk

✨ Featured in

• net magazine Interview · Creative Bloq / net mag #interview