She attended New York University, where she was a Fulbright scholar studying News & Documentary. Haya co-produced the documentary A Girl in the River, which won the 2016 Academy Award. Her directorial debut, City of Parties, won the Special Award for Documentary in 2013 and has been featured in film festivals in New Delhi and New York. She is also Project Lead for Stories of Lyari, a program that trains aspiring filmmakers to tell their own stories through film.