Storyline

Centering around the lives of pre-teen Hispanic twins named Maya and Miguel Santos and their friends, the program is aimed at promoting multiculturalism and education in general. It is geared to the 5-9 age range. Part of the dialogue in each episode in the English version is in Spanish but only individual words or phrases which are explained in English.

First Aired

2004-10-11
Last Aired

2007-10-08
Creator

Deborah Forte
Genre

Animation, Kids
Seasons

2
Episodes

70
Status

Ended
Language

English
Network

PBS

Keywords:

multiculturalism twins educational hispanic latin americans speaking spanish latin american

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Season 1

Season 2

1. Mala Suerte

When something goes wrong during breakfast, Maya believes that their apartment is filled with bad luck...More

When something goes wrong during breakfast, Maya believes that their apartment is filled with bad luck. Maya asks her friend Maggie if she has any ideas of how they can make the bad luck go away. Luckily, Maggie's Grandmother has a guide to Feng Shui. Maya, Miguel and the rest of their friends misread the guide and follow the instructions. They all help around the house as they redecorate, paint and rearrange the furniture. They all think they did a good Job. When the twin's parents come home everything turns into a mess.Less

30mins 2004-10-11

2. The Matchmaker

When Maya sees her Grandmother Elena dancing cheerfully by herself, she decides that she is lonely. Ma...More

When Maya sees her Grandmother Elena dancing cheerfully by herself, she decides that she is lonely. Maya decides to fix her grandmother with a sixty year old bachelor in a blind date. Maya helps Abuela Elena receive a makeover for her blind date. Later in the evening the blind date goes horribly wrong and nothing like Maya expected it to go.Less

30mins 2004-10-12

3. When Maya met Andy

Miguel remembers when Andy one of his best friends came to the city. He remembers how Maya's reaction ...More

Miguel remembers when Andy one of his best friends came to the city. He remembers how Maya's reaction was toward Andy. Maya felt that since Andy was missing an arm he should be treated with more caution. Maya warned Theo and Miguel not to play sports in front of Andy because he might feel bad. Maya felt that Andy was incapable of playing sports as well as the other boys. Once Maya sees how good Andy plays sports she feels bad and realizes that everybody should be treated equally.Less

30mins 2004-10-13

4. The Autograph

When Paco accidentally ruins Miguel's favorite baseball card, Maya tries to fix the problem. The baseb...More

When Paco accidentally ruins Miguel's favorite baseball card, Maya tries to fix the problem. The baseball star Orlando Cruz is coming to town on that weekend. Maya and her friends try to get an autograph from the great baseball player themselves. They try many ideas to get as close as they can to the baseball star. Can Maya get an autograph from Miguel's favorite baseball player? Abuela Elena also makes a new friend. At first she is sitting boreed alone in the bleachers with him. Then his bad habits cause the Grandma to teach him to bite on gum instead of trash.Less

30mins 2004-10-14

5. Rhymes with 'Gato

Chrissy's kitten just recently ran away. Maya and friends help her by looking for the kitten and askin...More

Chrissy's kitten just recently ran away. Maya and friends help her by looking for the kitten and asking other people if they have seen a kitten. Maggie who is terrible at spanish says that they are missing a ""pato""- a duck. At the end Maya ends up with a duck instead of a ""gato""- a cat.Less

30mins 2004-10-15

6. La Nueva Cocinita

When Maya and Miguel look through Abuela Elena's old Trunk filled with memories they find an unusual t...More

When Maya and Miguel look through Abuela Elena's old Trunk filled with memories they find an unusual thing. It's a Menu of an Old Restaurant with the name ""La Cocinita""- Little Kitchen. Maya sees how her grandma sights and remembers the good memories. Maya gets an idea of making a new restaurant with the same name for her grandma and all of the neighborhood to enjoy.Less

30mins 2004-10-18

7. The Letter

One morning Maya finds an abandoned letter on top of Miguel's desk written to a pretty girl in their c...More

One morning Maya finds an abandoned letter on top of Miguel's desk written to a pretty girl in their class named Esperanza. Maya, Chrissy and Maggie decide that Miguel might need help making friends. The girls tell Esperanza that Miguel is a great athlete and how he is great. It turns out that the note was written by Andy. Maya, Chrissy and Maggie have a lot of explaining to do with Andy, Miguel and Esperanza. The girls do not know what to do now.Less

30mins 2004-10-19

8. Teacher's Pet

When Paco stops talking Maya worries and thinks that he is sick. They take him to the vet and the vet ...More

When Paco stops talking Maya worries and thinks that he is sick. They take him to the vet and the vet tells Maya that Paco is lonely. Maya decides to take Paco to school. While playing soccer she looses Paco as well as her teacher's parrot ""Mihn."" The two parrots become friends and they talk to each other when they are lonely.Less

30mins 2004-10-20

9. La Calavera

Maya borrows a skull made of sugar from her grandmother to show in her presentetion of Mexico. Maya pr...More

Maya borrows a skull made of sugar from her grandmother to show in her presentetion of Mexico. Maya promises her grandma that she will not let anything bad happen to it. Maya ends up loosing the calvera and decides that she should go look for it. She looses it because she switched backpacks with somebody else by accident. After she finds her backpack she jumps excitedly and accidently drops the ""Calavera"" so it breaks. At the end Maya tells Abuela Elena that she broke it and the grandmother agrees that they should do another one together.Less

30mins 2004-11-08

10. Politics Unusual

Maggie is a great dancer and wants to dance in the School Assembly Show. Mrs. Langley allows her to da...More

Maggie is a great dancer and wants to dance in the School Assembly Show. Mrs. Langley allows her to dance but she has to dance with Miguel. Miguel is not a good dancer and tells Mrs. Langley that he does not want to dance. She says only the Class President could do that. Maggie decides that she should run for Class President. Maggie is competing against a boy and looses against him because she only wanted to be class president so Miguel does not have to dance.Less

30mins 2004-11-02

11. Tito's Mexican Vacation

When Maya sees that Tito really misses Mexico she has an idea to send him to Mexico. When Maya realize...More

When Maya sees that Tito really misses Mexico she has an idea to send him to Mexico. When Maya realizes that she cannot afford to send him to Mexico she decides that she will bring Mexico to him. Maya along with Miguel, Maggie, Chrissy, Andy, Theo and Paco make the community center look like a Mexican Vacation.Less

30mins 2004-11-09

12. The Doubtful Prince

Maya tries to help Tito be the star of a play. When the director chooses Tito to have the major part ...More

Maya tries to help Tito be the star of a play. When the director chooses Tito to have the major part he is unsure whether he can do it or not. Maya and her friends try to help him overcome his stage fright.Less

2004-11-10

13. The Bully and The Bunny

A new kid moves in to the twins neighborhood and starts bullying and bossing them around. Maya thinks ...More

A new kid moves in to the twins neighborhood and starts bullying and bossing them around. Maya thinks he might not be so bad. Once he buys Maya and Miguel's favorite bunny from the Pet Store she decides there is something wrong with him. Maya is determined to find out what is wrong with Jimmy McCorkle.Less

30mins 2004-11-11

14. Family Time

Maya notices that everyone in her family including herself is tired and grumpy of doing to much work. ...More

Maya notices that everyone in her family including herself is tired and grumpy of doing to much work. She decides that the only thing they need is a family vacation. Maya plans the perfect vacation for her family and herself. Maya's perfect vacation is ruined because of rain and many other reasons. The Santos family agrees that it does not matter what happens in the vacation as long as they are with their family.Less

30mins 2004-11-12

15. Surprise, Surprise

Chrissy is upset because her Pop Star Idol, Enrique, has not answered any of the letters that she has ...More

Chrissy is upset because her Pop Star Idol, Enrique, has not answered any of the letters that she has written him. Maya sees how sad she is that she decides to throw her a surprise party. After the party goes a little wrong she decides one thing. Her decision is to invite Enrique to her party. Maya is set to give her friend the best party she has ever had.Less

30mins 2005-01-17

16. An Okri-Dokey Day

Maya thinks that their neighboors life are boring because they don't have children. Maya decides to sp...More

Maya thinks that their neighboors life are boring because they don't have children. Maya decides to spend a day with their neighbors Greg and Isoka Okri. Maya takes them in Roller Coaster rides, kidfood, food in bed and facial treatments. The Okris get more than they bargained for.Less

30mins 2005-01-18

17. Chrissy's Big Move

When Maya hears that her best friend Chrissy is moving she decides to help her prepare. Chrissy does n...More

When Maya hears that her best friend Chrissy is moving she decides to help her prepare. Chrissy does not want to move away from her friends. Maya, Miguel, Maggie, Andy, Theo and Tito help Chrissy realize that Hong Kong is not that bad. They show her an imaginative voyage to Hong Kong. As well as restaurants thats serve Dim Sui, Dragon Boat Races and a Pink Dolphin-Watching Cruise. Chrissy can't wait to go to Hong Kong.At the end she doesn't move.Less

30mins 2005-01-19

18. Career Day

It is Career Day at Maya's school and they all go with mentors. Maggie goes with an Electric Repairman...More

It is Career Day at Maya's school and they all go with mentors. Maggie goes with an Electric Repairman. Theo goes with a Busdriver. Miguel goes with a female Austronaut. Maya ends up with Morti and Insurance salesman that hates his job. Maya helps him find a new job but he decides to keep his old job.Less

30mins 2005-01-20

19. I've Got to be Mi-guel

Cousin Tito admires Miguel and tries to copy him; Maya wants Tito to be more like himself.

Cousin Tito admires Miguel and tries to copy him; Maya wants Tito to be more like himself.Less

30mins 2005-01-21

20. Soccer Mom

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30mins 2005-02-11

21. The Adventures of Rabbit-Bird Man

Miguel enters a contest to create a comic book, but he catches a cold and asks Maya to finish the stor...More

Miguel enters a contest to create a comic book, but he catches a cold and asks Maya to finish the story for him.Less

30mins 2005-02-15

22. Maya and Miguel, Come on Down!

The siblings try to audition for a game show, but lose their knack for working together due to rivalry...More

The siblings try to audition for a game show, but lose their knack for working together due to rivalry; fortunately, they overcome their problems.Less

30mins 2005-02-16

23. The Wrestler Next Door

A new neighbor moves in, and Tito's sure that the man, a baker, is really a famous Mexican masked wres...More

A new neighbor moves in, and Tito's sure that the man, a baker, is really a famous Mexican masked wrestler.Less

30mins 2005-02-18

24. A Little Culture

Maya forgets to buy tickets for a movie and suggests that the gang goes to the Natural History Museum ...More

Maya forgets to buy tickets for a movie and suggests that the gang goes to the Natural History Museum instead.Less

30mins 2005-05-03

25. The Bet

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26. The Cherry Chipper Cupid Sisters

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30mins 2005-05-06

27. Team Santos

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30mins 2005-05-05

28. The Slump

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30mins 2005-07-15

29. Friends Forever?

The girls have an argument and end their friendship. The boys are sure that it could never happen to t...More

The girls have an argument and end their friendship. The boys are sure that it could never happen to them, but it does.Less

30mins 2005-10-09

30. The Dogwalkers

The twins start a business taking care of pets. Their goal is to raise money to send a woman to her hi...More

The twins start a business taking care of pets. Their goal is to raise money to send a woman to her high-school reunion.Less

30mins 2005-10-13

31. Recipe for Disaster

Maya wants to win an award by collecting the most books for a fair; Rosa donates a cookbook, but later...More

Maya wants to win an award by collecting the most books for a fair; Rosa donates a cookbook, but later needs a recipe from it.Less

30mins 2005-10-11

32. The Pen-Pal

Miguel is assigned a pen pal from Puerto Rico and starts to embellish facts about himself. Then he lea...More

Miguel is assigned a pen pal from Puerto Rico and starts to embellish facts about himself. Then he learns that the pen pal is coming to visit.Less

30mins 2005-10-14

33. Abuela Upmanship

Maya fibs about Abuela Elena and says that her grandmother was a movie star, although she only appeare...More

Maya fibs about Abuela Elena and says that her grandmother was a movie star, although she only appeared in a high-school play.Less

30mins 2005-10-12

34. Fashionistas

Miguel agrees to help out in the girls' fashion show, but doesn't know that he has to be a model.

Miguel agrees to help out in the girls' fashion show, but doesn't know that he has to be a model.Less

30mins 2005-10-28

35. Maya Quixote and Miguel Panza

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36. The Taming of Mr. Shue

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37. Tito's Pet

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38. Real Twins

Maya tries to be like Miguel to be on a TV show about twins, but they discover how different they are.

Maya tries to be like Miguel to be on a TV show about twins, but they discover how different they are.Less

30mins 2005-10-10

39. Give Me a Little Sign

Tito learns sign language from his new friend, who is hearing-impaired. Inspired by Lupe Ontiveros (vo...More

Tito learns sign language from his new friend, who is hearing-impaired. Inspired by Lupe Ontiveros (voice of Abuela Elena), the mother of two deaf sons, the episode premiered during the 2006 National Deaf Awareness Week.Less

28mins 2006-09-25

40. A Star is Born

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41. Paper Girl

Maya becomes editor of the school paper, but she thinks the stories are too ordinary and does some cre...More

Maya becomes editor of the school paper, but she thinks the stories are too ordinary and does some creative editing.Less

30mins 2006-01-27

42. Miguel's Wonderful Life

Miguel, angry at Maya, wishes he didn't have a sister. His wish is granted, and he sees what life woul...More

Miguel, angry at Maya, wishes he didn't have a sister. His wish is granted, and he sees what life would be like without her.Less

30mins 2005-11-25

43. The Video

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44. Decisions, Decisions

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28mins 2006-10-03

45. A Rose is Still a Rose

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46. Role Reversal

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28mins 2006-10-05

47. After School

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28mins 2006-10-06

48. The Wedding

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28mins 2007-10-01

49. Puppy Love

Miguel takes in a stray dog while his parents are away, and his trouble increases when the dog has pup...More

Miguel takes in a stray dog while his parents are away, and his trouble increases when the dog has puppies.Less

28mins 2007-01-15

50. Mother's Day

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28mins 2006-05-12

51. The Big Fight

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52. The Best Thanksgiving Ever

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53. Cupid

Maya plans on a perfect Valentine's Day. Meanwhile, Miguel is tapped to be the school's official Cupid...More

Maya plans on a perfect Valentine's Day. Meanwhile, Miguel is tapped to be the school's official Cupid.Less

26mins 2006-02-14

54. Papi Joins the Band

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55. Crushed

Miguel has a crush on a new substitute teacher and his classmates find out when one of his friends ina...More

Miguel has a crush on a new substitute teacher and his classmates find out when one of his friends inadvertently reveals his secret.Less

28mins 2007-10-03

56. The Red Jacket

Miguel buys a jacket to give to Kylie for her birthday, but Maya finds it and thinks that it is for he...More

Miguel buys a jacket to give to Kylie for her birthday, but Maya finds it and thinks that it is for her.Less

28mins 2007-01-16

57. Maya the Mascot

Maya is the mascot for Miguel's basketball team. Maya has to give it up when Miguel twists his ankle s...More

Maya is the mascot for Miguel's basketball team. Maya has to give it up when Miguel twists his ankle so she can take care of him.Less

28mins 2007-01-18

58. Good Luck Paco

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59. Paging Dr. Maya

Maya works for a veterinarian and mistakenly believes that the doctor's practice is closing. So she se...More

Maya works for a veterinarian and mistakenly believes that the doctor's practice is closing. So she sets out to find more clients for the clinic, which is soon swamped with patients.Less

28mins 2007-05-04

60. The Battle of Birthdays

Maya and Miguel decide to have separate birthday parties, but accidentally schedule them at the same t...More

Maya and Miguel decide to have separate birthday parties, but accidentally schedule them at the same time.Less

28mins 2007-01-17

61. Say Cheese!

Maggie gets braces just before school pictures are to be taken, so Maya tries to cheer her up.

Maggie gets braces just before school pictures are to be taken, so Maya tries to cheer her up.Less

28mins 2007-10-08

62. A House Divided

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63. Every Day is Earth Day

For Earth Day, the kids plant a community garden in an old lot, but a storm turns the patch into a mud...More

For Earth Day, the kids plant a community garden in an old lot, but a storm turns the patch into a muddy mess.Less

28mins 2006-04-21

64. The Big Idea

Maya tries to ease Miguel's anxiety about a soccer game by training him on the morning of the match. H...More

Maya tries to ease Miguel's anxiety about a soccer game by training him on the morning of the match. However, they lose track of time and Miguel misses the team bus, so he and Maya make a mad dash to the soccer stadium.Less