Faye Mata

In addition to her voice acting career, Mata has been heavily involved in various game tournaments. She particularly participated in Pokkén Tournament and Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournaments, achieving substantial notoriety in gaming circles.^[2]

While Mata no longer continues to actively participate in tournaments, she continues to do charity streams via Twitch where she typically plays Super Smash Bros. Ultimate,^[3] and is also signed with the esports team Panda.^[4] She has also hosted video game tournaments for charity. The most recent of these was for Voices for a Change, where money was raised for The Bail Project.

Mata has contributed to the Black Girls Code, Girls Who Code, and Tyrone Gayle Scholars Program.^[5]

In addition to supporting these charities, she has also donated to Direct Relief during the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic. Using Twitch as the platform, she raised money by having viewers challenge her in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, where they could be chosen by random draw, or donate to the charity to be put into a priority queue.^{[citation needed]}

Note that all years listed are for North American publication date.