Aya Hoja is a Turkmen American actor, model, and dancer, born in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. She attended musical school learning how to act, dance, and play piano, before immigrating to San Francisco, CA, where she has lived for more than 15 years. She received her Bachelor's degree in marketing from San Francisco State University and had a successful career working in sales and marketing at a publishing company. As a natural trailblazer, she decided to venture out of the corporate world to follow her love for performance art and has appeared in several short and feature films, commercials, television shows, and music videos.