Taya Maki is a Montessori School Director, Bellydance teacher, Body Artist, Costumer, and the President of the Société Cryonics de France.

Taya is originally from Vancouver, Canada and has been teaching both English and dance in the Aix-en-Provence region for over 12 years. In her free time, Taya is trying to advance the situation of cryonics in France. She has been a cryonicist for 15 years and is currently a member of the Cryonics Institute and, more recently, Tomorrow Biostasis.

She is also the president of the French Cryonics Association and has been trying to organize a community in France with the goal of making local standby possible and eventually legalizing cryonics in France.