Mostly active as a digital media artist, Lalya also has a background in engineering, physics and interaction design, and extensive experience in interdisciplinary collaborations, academic and practical teaching, as well as project management.
After teaching in the US at the Digital Media department of Rhode Island School of Design as a professor and artist in residence, she joined the art and technology research lab Culture Lab in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, before founding her own digital media arts practice Attaya Projects in 2013.