Born in Queens, Maniya found her love for the arts at a very young age. With experience starring in school plays and singing in the choir, she took her talents to AMDA for college. She has been in an off-Broadway play, A Bose commercial and is a full-time influencer, modeling products for Amazon across social media. She is also skilled as a self taught makeup artist and is a mom to a fun, expressive 3 year old boy.