Aliya works as a staff reporter for the Bronx Times, a weekly newspaper and daily website that covers New York City's northernmost borough. At the Bronx Times, Aliya frequently reports on health, transit, development and local politics. She has also worked as an editor in the Bronx Times newsroom.

Aliya is a Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism fellow and is a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE). She graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University in 2020. At Barnard, she took as many Columbia Journalism School graduate-level courses as the registrar would let her, and then some.

Aliya has worked at the Register-Star, a daily newspaper in Hudson, New York and the Westmore News, a weekly newspaper in Port Chester, New York. She also worked as a freelance reporter and photojournalist in Vermont, where her articles and photos were published in Vermont Public Radio, the Mountain Times and the Rutland Herald. Her photos have also been published in WNYC's Gothamist and VTDigger.

Journalism Awards:
*New York Press Association 2021 Better Newspaper Contest: Coverage of Education Second Place Division 1, Spot News Coverage Second Place Division 1, News Story Second Place Division 2, Feature Story Honorable Mention Division 3
*2022 Selection for the Mike Levine Journalism Education Fund Fellowship