She holds a BA in English Literature from the University of Michigan and an MFA from Arizona State University, where she earned a Swarthout Award in Writing and served as Social Media Manager for Hayden’s Ferry Review. An alumna of the Tin House Summer Workshop and the Juniper Summer Institute, she is also a 2024 Kathryn Blair Swarthout Fellow and a Virginia G. Piper Cultural Engagement Fellowship recipient.

Arya is a writer and editor based in Philadelphia.