Maya Fey was born into a prominent family of spirit mediums and lived in Kurain Village, the home of most of the Fey family, for most of her life. Maya has been trying to be a great medium like her mother and big sister Mia Fey until "Turnabout Sisters", where Maya visits her sister and finds Mia's dead on the floor after being murdered by Redd White and is considered the main suspect. Phoenix Wright, Mia's assistant, took the case to prove Maya's innocence and discover the real culprit for his tutor's death. After the case, Maya decides to become Wright's assistant.