From Johannesburg South Africa, Leyya completed her graduate studies at the University of Witwatersrand in Information Systems before embarking on an accelerated development program in Digital Product Management in the South African Banking sector. She pursued large scale projects with Virgin Money, Absa, Nedbank and Vodacom before her quest for outer purpose overtook her to shift her focus on Development Finance at the DBSA in South Africa where her work with government and international aid agencies in addition to the BRICS banks ensued. Her spiritual journey and seeking continued through her career, travels and personal studies but were formalized with her tutelage with Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri in 2012.She is now a director of her own management consulting company Quintessence Development Solutions. Her passion and quest for spiritual knowledge continues through her work as a scribe for many of Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeris' publications in addition to publications of her own.