In August 2019 Maya participated in the 12th TSC Taiwan Thesis Competition (2019 TSC第12屆崇越論文大賞暨第4屆崇越行銷大賞頒獎典禮) and won the 'Excellent Master Thesis Award'.
Following this success, Maya has joined the Ph.D. program in the Institute of Human Resource Management and will be working towards completing her Ph.D. thesis over the coming years.
Professor Nai-Wen Chi was Maya's MBA thesis advisor. He will continue advising Maya as she pursues her Ph.D. degree.