Ayala's maternal grandfather was the political Quechua leader Vitaliano Grageda,[11][12] He was one of the founders and a former Secretary General of the Confederation of Peasant Workers of Bolivia.

On the same subject Ayala co-wrote Slick Operator[16] an article published in the front page of The Sydney Morning Herald.

[37][38][39] Cocaine Prison premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2017[40] and has won the audience award at the Rencontres Cinémas d'Amérique Latine de Toulouse.

[50] Ayala created Las Awichas (grandmothers in Aymara), a series of digital portraits with AI in honour of her female ancestors.

[54] Las Awichas opened as a new commission at The Strand and KCL Bush House Arcade from March to April 2024, including the series of digital portraits, Augmented Reality experiences, 3D printed animals, and hand-woven art[55][56][57] Ayala has lived in Australia and the United States and has dual Bolivian-Australian nationality.

Ayala's statement "People are losing their lives and livelihoods, we can’t see our loved ones, our five-year-old doesn’t go to school and the real estate agent says it’s business as usual?