Maya Feliz is a beautiful, strong, and independent woman who is quickly establishing herself as a dominant force in the off-grid content creation realm. On camera, her delightful and captivating personality, alongside her creativity and impeccable content-creation skills, have seen her consistently win over many hearts, thus quickly growing her fanbase.
Since making her YouTube debut in 2022, her channel has seen considerable growth, racking in thousands of subscribers and hundreds of thousands of views monthly. However, while her success may mainly be attributed to her incredible talents and hard work, her intriguing back story has also played a huge part in her success story.
You see, while she is currently based in Central Portugal, Maya only moved to the country in the fall of 2021; however, her love affair with the country began a while back when she was on a simple family visit. She had come to visit some of her family members who had recently moved to Portugal. However, the moment she first set foot in Portugal, it was as if she had discovered a hidden part of her very essence, as she instantly fell in love with the place.
She therefore decided to settle in the country and materialize her lifelong dream of living an off-grid lifestyle. Her daring and relentless nature has inspired many of her viewers (myself included) to follow their dreams. Maya’s incredible journey and achievements have brought a lot of attention to her personal life, with many of her loyal viewers wanting to know more about her off-screen life and life journey.
In this particular piece, we take a deep look into her personal life and seek to unravel the mystery that is Maya Feliz.
Who is Maya Feliz?
Maya Feliz is a German-born architect and content creator who is best known for sharing off-grid living-based vlogs on YouTube. Currently based in Portugal, she lives on a hectare of rural land she bought in Central Portugal, near the town of Kimbra.
Here she records her daily endeavors as she tries to renovate the once-abandoned home and turn it into her dream off-grid home. Ms. Feliz documents her daily endeavors here, edits them into detailed and concise videos that are typically around 20-30 minutes long, and shares them on her YouTube channel.
Maya is a cheerful and carefree individual whose hobbies include swimming and dancing. She often attends five rhythm dance classes and has described it as a therapeutic hobby that helps her calm her nerves and emotions.
An avid traveler and nature enthusiast, she has traveled extensively around the world and has been to various destinations across Europe and Africa.
Background, Education, Early Life
Born and raised in Germany, she is believed to have spent most of her childhood there. She mainly went to schools in Germany for her lower and high school studies. Maya Feliz studied architecture in college and juggled most of her college days between Austria and Germany, but had to move and finish her studies online because of COVID-19.
Maya has also lived in France and Ghana having spent a few months in both countries as a volunteer.
She first came to Portugal in the summer of 2020 to visit her family, who had moved to the country. While she was visiting her family, Maya volunteered for a few months at a local project; it was during this period that she fell in love with the place and decided to settle in Portugal.
Having spent the last few months moving around, she decided to settle and make a life in the rural parts of Central Portugal and began looking for a piece of land to buy and settle in that winter. She spent nearly six months looking for an ideal place and visited over 40 lands before finally finding her current land.
Youtube Career
Maya Feliz kicked off her content creation career in June 2011, a few months after settling in on her new piece of land. Her first video, titled “Finding My Dream Property in Portugal,” was an introductory video that welcomed her viewers to join her on her new off-grid adventure.
She initially uploaded videos every week but gradually shifted to Bi-monthly uploads, and now uploads on average one or two videos. Her YouTube channel Maya Feliz, hit 100k subscribers after just two years in 2024, making her one of the fastest-growing content creators in Europe.
Despite being in a rather competitive and male-dominated niche, Maya Feliz has been able to remain relevant and consistently deliver quality and captivating content. Her unique content creation style, which often integrates entertainment and activism, has given her an upper hand over the rest and set her aside from her peers.
Through her content, she addresses the various issues affecting women in our modern-day society, such as gender equality, and breaks societal norms by doing tasks that were traditionally meant for men. By doing so, Maya has been able to captivate a loyal fanbase made up of both genders that not only looks up to her as a content creator but as a heroine and source of inspiration.
Maya also uploads content on other social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok, but on YouTube, her biggest fanbase is mainly, with over 90% of her followers being on the platform.
How old is she?
Maya Feliz was born in June in Germany and is in her early thirties. She is an enthusiastic, charming, and flexible individual, which is a typical trait among Gemini’s like herself.
When it comes to her physical attributes, she is a gorgeous lady with golden brown hair, an ever-present infectious smile, and deep, attractive eyes. She is not too slender and is an averagely tall woman who is around 5 feet 8 in height. Her figure perfectly complements her physical features, giving her an attractive feminine appearance.
Family Life and Love Life
Maya comes from a rather tightly-knit and close family that is originally from Germany. Some of her relatives still reside in Germany, while others recently moved to Portugal. Coming from a tightly-knit family, she shares a rather close relationship with them, and it is evident in how they treat her.
In one of her videos, we see her family drive over 2000 kilometers from Germany to Portugal just to bring her an affordable wooden burner. Her father, Mr. Feliz, is a very supportive parent and is actively involved in his daughter’s life.
She has one known sibling, a brother, who has been featured in her video at least once.
When it comes to her love life, Maya Feliz is currently single and is not involved with anyone romantically. She also does not own a pet and revealed the reason being that she cannot commit to having a pet, as she needs to remain free so that she can move whenever she wants.
Wealth and Net Worth
Maya Feliz is a wealthy woman who has accumulated her wealth from her two careers as a content creator and architect. Her wealth is mainly made of assets she has bought over the years that include properties and cars. Given the current trajectory of her career, her wealth is bound to grow as the years go by.
Today, the summation of Ms. Feliz’s net worth is over €150,000.
Social Media
Apart from Youtube, Ms. Feliz is officially active on Instagram and TikTok under the handles @mayafelizz and @mayafeliz, respectively. While she does not have a huge following on both of these platforms as she does on Youtube, she has a combined following of over 3k.