Zaji has been creating stories since she began reading at age three. She discovered her passion for writing when she wrote her first short story at nine years old, and began seriously considering it as she went on to write and self-publish a fantasy/adventure novel by the time she was thirteen. She wrote a collection of short stories for her high school senior project in 2012, which she went on to compile into a book that she self-published in 2015. Her prose and poetry have been published in Pathos Literary Magazine and The Sunflower Collective. Along with being a writer she is also a dancer, Portland State alumna, and animal lover.